suspicion (of others); jealousy
sad news; news of a death; death notice
addition; annexation; appendage
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
mental; spiritual; emotional
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
to rip out (and take); to tear out
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
don't worry; there's no need to worry
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
tear gland; lacrimal gland
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
without permission; without notice
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
truth is stranger than fiction
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude