to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
daytime television serial; soap opera
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
talk about divorce or separation
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
birth; creation; formation
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
to subsist; to keep on living
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
no loss or gain; coming out even
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted