Her Ladyship was the colour of this cloth
Ep.1.1 Making comparisons. To say she was pale. Similar: she was as pale as a ghost
Well, it's a terrible shame if it's true.It's worse than a shame.

It's a complication.

Ep.1.1 Shame: pity, sad. Similar (informal: unfortunate): was a crying shame (Ita. un vero peccato).

Complication: difficulty, problem.Sadness is bad, but chaos is worse. Feelings and humanity are important and real, but they tend to take a back seat to avoiding "complications", things that upset the order with which people live their lives.

What do you mean? - What do you think?Mr. Crawley was his Lordship's cousin and heir to the title.
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1.1 Mean: intend, signify.Think: consider, determine.Heir: inheritance

Last long
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1 Ita. durare a lungo

I don't mean to sound harsh.You don't mean but I bet you will!
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1 Harsh: rigid, hard, severe, unrelenting.Bet: gamble, guess, hazard

I hope I don't hear sounds of a disagreement. Is that what they call discussion in New York?
Ep1.1 Disagreement: Discussion:
Are we to be friends then?We are allies, my dear, which can be a good deal more effective.

Ep.1.1 Allies:Effective:
I couldn't have electricity in the house, I wouldn't sleep a wink. All those vapors floating about.
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1.1 Wink:Floating:

All them people, freezing to death in the midnight icy water.Oh, you sound like a penny dreadful.
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1.1 A penny dreadful is "a cheap pulp novel produced in 19th century Britain," and seems to have originated in 1870. It was also known as a penny horrible, penny awful, penny number, and penny blood. A melodramatic paperback novel.

And if his grace doesn't like it, he can lump it.

E.1.1 The phrase like it or lump it means "to accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not." The phrase attests to the early 1800s.
Now a complete unknown has arrived to pocket my money, along with the rest of the swag.

Ep.1.1 Swag here refers to "plundered property; booty; boodle," and originates from 1839. The word may be Scandinavian in origin.

It's a bloody business, but I can't see any way around it.
Ep.1.1 Similar: It's a hard decision to make. I can't see a choice/an option