letter; missive; note; mail
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to cause someone to worry
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
duty; obligation; responsibility
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
instability; insecurity; crankiness
bad influence; negative influence
great war; great battle; world war
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
listen!; you see; mind you; remember