desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
condition; state (of health); appearance
almost every day; almost daily
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
serious accident; major incident
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to cease; to stop; to be over
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
piece of paper; paper scrap; paper strip
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife