to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
not caring; not giving a damn
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
crying face; face of a person who is crying
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
in order; in turn; one by one
feminine; womanly; female
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to throw oneself (into an activity)
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to close (one's eyes); to shut