collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
cameraphobia; dislike of having one's photograph taken
kindergarten entrance ceremony
to be blissful; to be very happy
extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
playful age; heyday of youth
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
steady; steady relationship; going steady
to lose one's resolve; to have one's resolution waver
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
sexless; without sex; sexlessness
former husband; late husband
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
cannot be compared with; no match for
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
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