handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to lose (money, etc.); to suffer a loss; to waste (one's time, efforts, etc.); to bring to naught; to feel disappointed (e.g. by missing out on something); to suffer a (perceived) loss
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
wrestler (esp. a professional wrestler)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
child consultation center; children's welfare center
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to wring the neck; to strangle
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
troubled face; worried expression
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
expression; look; countenance; face
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
another time; some other time
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
another; different; separate; discrete
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
short and stout; small but wide around
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)