(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
preparations for a journey
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
for work; in a manner related to work
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
resignation; acceptance; consolation
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
several times; once or twice
unmarried; not yet married
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to prostrate oneself before
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
clergyman; churchman; clergy
badness; evilness; bad; evil