(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
your husband; her husband
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
nowadays; in this day and age
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
leadership; initiative; spearhead
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
president (of a society); chairman
job; work; duties; trade; skill
reigning; controlling; dictating
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
gas station; petrol station
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly