free (of charge); gratuitous
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to prostrate oneself before
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to come and go; to go back and forth
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
historical play; period drama
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to make a speech; to address
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
person in charge; official; attendant
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
stairs; stairway; staircase
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)