companion; partner; spouse
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
good humour (humor); good mood
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
Kona (variety of Hawaiian coffee)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to do for (the sake of someone else)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
violent emotion; passion; fury
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to sniff out; to get wind of
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
taste; liking; preference
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to give a broad grin; to smirk
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point