tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car
in low spirits; dejected; sad
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
last night; yesterday evening
double; twice (as much); twofold
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
(present) head of a family
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
not covered (by); not subject (to)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to this extent; to this degree; this much; this little