my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to have a rumor circulating
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to roll up; to be rolled up
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to leap back; to jump back
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
surveillance camera; security camera
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
judgment; judgement; discernment
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth