one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to care for someone; to look after someone
to discuss; to talk together
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to press a question; to cross-examine
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to look away; to turn away
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
for today; for the time being