obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
near; close; beside; third person
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
a little bit; a little while
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
whispered conversation; whispering
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
woman; female; feminine gender
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to discuss; to talk together
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
impossible; unlikely; improbable
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very