wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thereupon; shortly thereafter
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
greeting; a fine thing to say
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour