to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
delayed child-bearing (esp. after the age of 35); late child-bearing
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
blood relationship; blood relative
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
wedded life; married life
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
diagnosis; medical examination
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
way of speaking; intimation
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to run up to; to rush over
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to squeeze out; to wring out
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
strong-willed; strong of heart
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
somehow; for some reason or other
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
ex-husband; former husband
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
a few minutes later; after a few minutes