and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
a few years ago; some years back
regular (customer); client who frequently visits the same prostitute
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
your husband; her husband
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
witnessing; observing; sighting
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against