great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
before and after (e.g. photos)
(one acting as a) foster parent
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
counting system; way (manner) of counting
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
addition; adding; supplement
recalculation; recalculate
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
unwanted child; shunned child
government service; the bureaucracy
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
bringing up (one's daughter) like a princess
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to watch intently; to stare
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
planned; scheduled; systematic
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
dim-witted; slow to catch on
rule; reign; government; governing
monopole; singular pole; unipole
discussion; debate; argument
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
nature; character; disposition