halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to take over; to hand over
note (letter) left behind; will
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to speak ill of; to disparage
to thrust down; to push off
still; even now; to this day
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
several years; a few years
few decades; many decades; several decades
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
(medical) doctor; physician
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
weight training; muscle training
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to tighten; to press hard
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way