training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(social) position; status
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
it's been a long time; long time no see
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
how; in what way; how about; questionable
indicate reason; infers some protest
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to be helpful; to be useful
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
serious; not joking; straight
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away