chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
behind with everything; too late; reactive
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to collect; to assemble; to gather
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
evident; plain; distinct; clear
vexing; irritating; impatient
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
precocity (esp. of a young girl); acting grown up; precocious young girl
family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera
since when; from when; how long
good impression; favorable impression
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
mature; becoming precocious
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to feel inferior; to feel small
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size