one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
with a friendly grin; smilingly
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
a help; an aid; some assistance
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
living together; communal life; cohabitation
whispering; murmuring; subdued
discretion; consideration; allowance
(bringing to a) perfect end; (rounding off with a) crowning achievement; successful conclusion; triumphant finish
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
persecution complex; paranoia
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
temporary sewing; basting