bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
this (very thing); this precisely
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
meaning; significance; sense
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
river; stream; River; the ... river
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
close; intimate; on good terms
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
powerless; helpless; incompetent
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
that day; the very same day
ago; since; before; previous