union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
(in the) same house; (under the) same roof
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
solidarity; joint; collective
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
tide; current; tendency; trend
making obligatory; making compulsory
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
several years; a few years
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
board of directors; board of trustees
when it comes to ...; as for ...
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
feigned tears; crocodile tears
keep up your strength; chin up!
to be kind to; to treat kindly
tone (of voice); manner of talking
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
living thing; living creature; animal; life
older brother and younger sister
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
older sister and younger brother
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock