column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
jumping to a wrong conclusion
it is I who should say so
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
regret; repentance; remorse
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
no matter how much time passes
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
anything and everything; just about everything
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
sorry; excuse me; thank you
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
along the way; along the road
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
at the last moment; this late in the game
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
husband and wife; married couple
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
statue; picture; picture revealing character
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)