great difference; major mistake
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to care for someone; to look after someone
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
way; method; means; resource; course
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only