abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
home; household; family; hearth
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
to aggravate (a situation); to complicate matters; to stir things up; to roughen (waves, voice, feelings, etc.); to agitate
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
posture; position; stance
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to fall asleep; to sleep soundly; to become dull; to lose vigour
big problem; major issue; big controversy
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
last night; yesterday evening
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
(turned out) all right in the end
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
inside one's heart; in one's mind
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
an issue being settled; a case being closed