haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
on the way home from work
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
reception room; parlor; parlour
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
unmarried; not yet married
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
custom; practice; convention; precedent
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
questions and answers; dialogue
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
bolt from the blue; great surprise