shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
to keep a house; to run a household
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
(under) metropolitan government management
cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to need; to call for; to require
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
independence; self-reliance
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
late shift; second shift; afternoon shift
going to and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
ripped jeans; pre-ripped jeans; distressed jeans