endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
househusband; stay-at-home dad
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
genuine article; real thing; real deal
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
instant; moment; for an instant
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
historical play; period drama