to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
coexistence; living together
how many years; how long; what year
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
learned priest pursuing his studies
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
at a moment's notice; readily
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
spine (of book); binding (of book)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket