relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to ask; to enquire; to query
family; members of a family
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
monetary; financial; pecuniary
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
breath; breathing; tone; mood
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to subsist; to keep on living
woman; female; feminine gender
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
goodness; excellence; virtue
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.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)