presence; sitting with; being with
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
such ... as; or some such
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
no matter how much time passes
article; news story; report; account
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
like this; this sort; this way
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
if it is the case that ...
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
incident; affair; happening; event
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
number of times; frequency; count
your husband; her husband
one day; (on) a certain day
in this way; thus; such; uh...
beautiful woman; (a) beauty