obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
how many people; a number of people
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
(some) more; even more; longer; further
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
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)
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to accept; to receive; to agree
foster father; adoptive father
foster mother; adoptive mother
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
as (for); for; in the capacity of
companion; partner; spouse
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
deceased; late; dead; departed
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
many; numerous; various; large number of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell