secret; private; surreptitious
close; intimate; on good terms
what kind of; what sort of; what
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
called; known as; that; to say
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
straight-laced person; stubborn person
obstinate person; blockhead
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to face; to go towards; to head towards