irritation; annoyance; frustration
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to entrust; to leave to a person
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
together with; same; both; all; including ...
the reason is ...; it is because ...
bombshell announcement (statement)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
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
no matter how much time passes
(someone else's) child; child; kid
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
as before; as ever; as it was originally
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither