a few years ago; some years back
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
suffix for familiar person
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
speech; expression; wording; language
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to fulfill one's responsibilities
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
staying the night; lodging (at)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to freeze to death; to die of cold
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
it is not (like that) either
surrounding at a distance
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly