moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
reception room; parlor; parlour
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
to suppress one's emotions
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
to turn against; to become an enemy
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
important person; strategic person; key figure
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
forcibly; against one's will
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
without; unless; have to do
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
cake or snack served with tea
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
historical context; historical background
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
quarrel; dispute; argument
person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; hybrid; crossbreed
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation