to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to move (house); to change residence
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
complete stranger; total stranger
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
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
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to be at a loss for words
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
trouble; bother; annoyance
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
just managing; with great difficulty
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
one's house; one's home; one's family
back off!; leave me alone!
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
anything and everything; just about everything
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
deep regret; great disappointment
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)