endurance; perseverance; patience
sympathy; compassion; pity
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
to hunger for love; to starve for love
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to shout (in anger); to yell
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
to say no more; to sink into silence
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
large family; extended family
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand