to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
family a woman has married into
finally; in the end; on top of all that
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
pride; dignity; self-respect
belief; faith; conviction
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
elopement; running away with a lover
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
section; cross section; profile
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive