to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to repent; to be penitent
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
as you see; as you can see
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to have a rumor circulating
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
place; room; margin; scope
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
try-hard award; consolation prize
anything and everything; just about everything
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which