bedridden; confined to bed
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
self denial; self control
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded
to sniff out; to get wind of
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to break the silence; to break one's silence
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
supporting role (actor); minor role
to entertain; to make welcome
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to get between; to be caught in
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
untitled; titleless; without a title; no subject (email)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank