custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
woman; female; feminine gender
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to continue to work; to work away (at)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
certainly; surely; definitely
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to subsist; to keep on living
troubled times; turbulent times
this for sure; certainly is
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
one's long-cherished desire
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread