hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to anticipate; to foresee
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
meeting; greeting; welcome
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
man; male; masculine gender
really; truly; indeed; good grief
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be conspicuous; to stand out
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
conscious; deliberate; intentional
surroundings; environs; circumference
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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
follower; attendant; valet; servant