mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to flare up; to burst into flames
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
romantic film; love movie
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
father; dad; husband; you; he
sympathy; compassion; pity
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
illegitimate child; secret love child
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
when; how soon; how long until
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
looking depressed; long face
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst