adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
full dress; formal dress; uniform
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
audience (with a person of high standing)
quietly; slowly; gracefully
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to take over; to hand over
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
biological child; one's own child
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
selection; choice; option
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
common knowledge; well-known fact
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
surely (not); certainly (not)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
guard; sentinel; garrison
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth