script; screenplay; scenario
being up to the person himself
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
two classes; double; two sets
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
already; now; no longer; not any more
tears of regret; bitter tears; vexation; chagrin
to pretend; to act (as if)
contrived; false-sounding
power of femininity; woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; girliness (as a positive quality)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
society; the world; the times
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
person attracted to old people; gerontophile
meanwhile; in the meantime
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit