before and after childbirth
instability; insecurity; crankiness
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
true character; true heart; true spirit
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
(in) her way; peculiar to her
interior; inside; internal
to think too much; to be over-concerned
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
(adding) fuel to the fire
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
is something that; is that which
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
country of origin; country of manufacture
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
power map; power structure; power relationships
complete change; about-face
our country; our land; one's own country
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing