infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
when it becomes; when it comes to
good family; respectable family; decent family
(your) daughter; young woman
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
one after another; in succession
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
meaning; significance; sense