surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
wedded life; married life
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
cold reception; inhospitality
very likely; very probable
failure; mistake; blunder
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
summer vacation; summer holidays
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)