a text in which pages are bound together as a book / the contents contained within such a text; a story, journal, etc. / a manuscript

to research, to study

a piece of research, a study, investigation

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

private; mine

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law