(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to speak; to say; to vocalize
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
looking pale; looking unwell
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
many; much; plenty; hardly
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful