love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
pale; pallid; bluish-white
raging fire; conflagration
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to talk; to carry meaning
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to be the ruin of (a person)
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
another thing; exception; special case
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
settlement out of court; private settlement
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
an issue being settled; a case being closed
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
relation; connection; affinity
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
turnout (of people); start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office); constant forward movement; initial charge
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
storage room; store room; lumber room
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known