How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
yearned for; longed for; missed
(another's) daughter; young lady
first cockcrowing of the year
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
short story; short film; short poem
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit