business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
slim; slender; slight; delicate
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
discipline; training; teaching manners
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
as; because; with; due to
manners; behavior; behaviour
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(in) her way; peculiar to her
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
one's principal residence; main home
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
one thin flat object; one sheet
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to polish up; to shine up
toilet; lavatory; powder room
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
older sister; elder sister
rejection of an inheritance; waiving of inheritance
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of