serious look (on one's face); straight face
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
several years; a few years
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
technique; art; skill; move
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
one's possessions; ownership
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
long slits (esp. of eyes)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
now that; since; so long as; because
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta