extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
sincere; honest; faithful
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
older sister; elder sister
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
break; pause; interruption; intermission
broken; intermittent; disconnected
senior; elder; person older than oneself
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
glass; glassware; diamond
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
young person; inexperienced person; novice
young person; inexperienced person; novice
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
respect and affection; love and respect
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
almost (did); nearly (did)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to tighten; to press hard
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank