(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
tide; current; tendency; trend
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
distrust; unjust suspicion
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much