middle of the night; dead of night
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to redeem (from sin); to save
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
breath; breathing; tone; mood
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
invitation; introduction; temptation
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
when it becomes; when it comes to
impudent; shameless; brazen
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
January; first month of the lunar calendar
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down