to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be transparent; to show through
private secretary; flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank; someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
competent; suitable; qualified
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
to grow up; to become an adult
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
criticism; critique; review; commentary
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to complain; to lodge a complaint