no matter how much time passes
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
woman; female; feminine gender
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
skunk (animal); skunk (i.e. preventing someone from scoring entirely)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
chair; stool; post; office; position
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
all present; all concerned; all of us
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)