to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to grumble; to make difficulties
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
ardent; passionate; vehement
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
tedious; boring; being fed up with
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
elopement; running away with a lover
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
note (letter) left behind; will
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction