to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
time; season; period; phase; stage
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
mental; spiritual; emotional
instability; insecurity; crankiness
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
patient's condition; pathology
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
family vacation; family trip
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to complain; to make a complaint
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such ... as; or some such
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)