to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
concealment; suppression; hiding
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to finish reading; to read through
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
four characters; four letters