child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
reopening; resumption; restarting
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
middle of the night; dead of night
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
preference; priority; precedence