playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
if you think about it; come to think of it
last night; yesterday evening
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
firm; strong; solid; stable
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
but; however; provided that
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
that's true; of course; obviously
the other day; lately; recently
fame (for one's bravery); great renown