independence; self-reliance
interference; intervention; meddling
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
powerful person; influential person
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
determination; resolution
necessary information; required fields (e.g. in a form)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to detain; to check; to restrain
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
proposal; proposition; suggestion
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
relation; connection; affinity
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
insecticide; insect repellent
consecutive; continuous; successive