son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
person of common sense; common sense man
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
tag (children's game); tig
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
hard worker; hardworking person
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
it's no joke; gimme a break!
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
different (from); not the same (as)
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
hateful; detestable; loathsome
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
you (plural); all of you; you all
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
stepping back; drawing back
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
real intention; true motive; true meaning
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
earth science; geoscience
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's