seeing off and meeting on return
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to care for someone; to look after someone
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
while; even though; despite
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
anniversary of the establishment (of)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
how; how much; to what extent; no matter how (much); however
to make an appeal; to urge
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
preparation; arrangements
to smile (at); to grin (at)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
as if nothing had happened
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone