uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
sensual love; love affair
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
process; course; mechanism
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
moment to quit; way to quit
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
content-free chat; idle gossip
topic of discussion; agenda
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
god of death; death deity; Death
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
difficult to ...; hard to ...