obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
declaration; proclamation; announcement
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
what's what; heads or tails
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
group; bunch; crowd; group
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
growth rate; coefficient of extension
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
evaluation on an absolute scale
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
absentmindedness; peace of mind
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
bang on the money; spot on; right answer