love story; romance; love affair
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
suddenly (e.g. falling, weakening, etc.); sharply; with a jerk
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
large-breed dog; large dog
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
everyone at once; everyone together
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
the same rank; equality; apposition
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
right and wrong; good and evil
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
(appropriate for) one's age
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
persistent; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
utility; (actual) profit; actual benefit; material gain
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
popular person; favorite; favourite
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
fundraising; financing; cash flow
drop in the bucket; pittance; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion