childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
continuing one's education into university
finding employment; getting a job
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
property; fortune; assets
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
second marriage; remarriage
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
to badger; to pester; to beg
semi-transparent; translucent
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization