to ascend (the throne); to accede
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
sincere; honest; faithful
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
internal organ; viscera; gut
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to have the blues; to be depressed
hating; strongly disliking
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
senior; elder; person older than oneself
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
glass; glassware; diamond
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
respect and affection; love and respect
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!