throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
fund-raising; collection of funds
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
every evening; night after night
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
slim; slender; slight; delicate
as one flesh or body; simultaneously
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to get back together (with a former partner)
(not) merely; (not) simply
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause