muddy water; red-light district
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
transactions; dealings; business
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
large amount of money; great cost
to yearn for; to pine for
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to continue to do; to persist in doing
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
custom; habit; customary practice
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate