to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
one's own child; one's own children
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
three-quarter length (usu. clothing)
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
my husband; one's family; family member
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
hostility; animosity; enmity
flaring up; bursting into flames
to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to feel sick; to be nauseated
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
information leak; data breach
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
you can never be too careful
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work