to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
environment; circumstance
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
considerably; fairly; quite