pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
awareness; realization; noticing
cake served with tea; teacake
galette (esp. Breton galette)
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
creaminess; cream-like consistency
to cause someone to worry
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
connection; link; relationship
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes