life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
conduct; behavior; behaviour
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
question; inquiry; enquiry
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
preface; introduction; preamble
machine parts; machinery; equipment
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to refer to; to use as reference
don't you think?; indicates question
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
at that time; in those days
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
the opposite sex; isomerism
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
distinction; differentiation; classification
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
object of romantic interest
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt