drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to subsist; to keep on living
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to support each other; to support one another
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
family structure; family composition; family makeup
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
selection; choice; option
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything