hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
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
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
mobile home; camper-van; RV
to strengthen; to fortify; to secure
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
even if not; even without
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
equal amount; same quantity
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
opening of the whole (railway line)
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to collapse into; to flop onto