distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
originally; by nature; from the start
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
use; utilization; utilisation; application
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
time; season; period; phase; stage
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
pair; the two; both persons; both things
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction