inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to be muddy; to be slushy
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to become attached; to begin to love
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
novel; original; new; innovative
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
again and again; repeatedly
buying a replacement; replacing by buying something new
however; having said that; but
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
enterprise; business; company; corporation
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
burden reduction; alleviation of a burden
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to have a relationship; to have relations