person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
exactly as stated; verbatim
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
shopping; purchased goods
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
only; merely; but; no more than
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to look down on; to make light of
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
act of mercy; helping another person
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
first meeting; first interview with
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
beautification; glorification
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
this for sure; certainly is
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage
moment by moment; hour by hour
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind