was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
(present) head of a family
head; brains; intellect; understanding
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
meathead; muscle head; person who is obsessed with bodybuilding
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
emphatic sentence-ending particle
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
in the future; another day; later
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with