(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
killing two birds with one stone
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
way of talking; speaking style
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
many; numerous; various; large number of
celeb; celebrity; wealthy person; rich person; affluent; wealthy
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose