life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
to say; to tell; to state; to do
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
already; now; no longer; not any more
desperately; for one's dear life
your husband; her husband
toilet; lavatory; powder room
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
feeling; sense; impression
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
clearly; distinctly; vividly
several years standing; over several years
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
serious; severe; grave; acute
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to see; to look; to watch; to try to