poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to torment; to harass; to tease
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
in that way; like that; that way
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
rule; reign; government; governing
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
person in charge; official; attendant
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
family a woman has married into
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour