relation; connection; affinity
competent; suitable; qualified
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
manipulation of information; spin
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
between both countries; bilateral
friction; discord; strife
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
connection; link; relationship
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
one's family; family member
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
on the occasion of; at the time of
dubious; puzzled; suspicious