relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
patting; stroking; caressing
pale; pallid; bluish-white
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(distant) howling; backbiting
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
condition; state (of health); appearance
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
love affair; love relationship
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
solitude; loneliness; isolation
bunch of flowers; bouquet
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around