certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
festival merrymaking; revelry
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to throw at; to turn; to raise
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
long time; long interval; for quite some time
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
knowing; (an) acquaintance
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
recommendation; referral; endorsement
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
close; intimate; on good terms
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
inside; interior; inner part
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
production; output; turning out
workshop; studio; atelier
custom; habit; customary practice
otherwise; if not; or else
dominion; territory; possession
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness