mistress; kept woman; concubine
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
some people; a few people; several people
to commit a crime; to do evil
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
apparently; appears to be
witnessing; observing; sighting
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
conviction; belief; confidence
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
how; in what way; by what means
to find out; to discover; to locate
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age