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a bit more; a bit longer

2

marriage proposal; courtship

6

this year

6

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

2

attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

1

fork; forkball

1

anything and everything; just about everything

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

about this time

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

3

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

4

affectation; pretension

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

1

(your, his, her) daughter

1

next month

1

fox hunt; fox hunting

7

older brother and younger sister

2

older brother

2

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

participation; joining; entry; adherence

4

fundamental; basic

2

youngest child

2

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

4

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

high class; noble

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

3

queen

4

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

textile mill

1

Ducrey

3

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

1

great wealth; enormous fortune

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

cannot be compared with; no match for

2

fibre; fiber; textile

2

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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