becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
older brother and younger sister
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
will; testament; last request
conscious; deliberate; intentional
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
beautification; glorification
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
purification; refining; simplification
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
with a bump; with a clunk
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
not caring; not giving a damn
to plunder; to grab; to snatch