illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
frequency (of occurrence)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
repentance; confession; penitence
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
loved one; lover; sweetheart
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
otherwise; or else; if not
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to raise one's voice; to shout
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly