heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
head house (family); birthplace; originator
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
book; volume; this; present; main; head
lineage; pedigree; family line
direct descent; direct line
right (to do something); authority; power
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
property; fortune; assets
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
treating someone like a child
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
danger; peril; hazard; risk
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
probe each other; sound each other out
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part