rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
all present; all concerned; all of us
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
final; eventual; ultimate
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
rather; better; instead; if anything
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one day; (on) a certain day
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose