housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
divorce; dissolution of adoption
tool; implement; means; furniture
to become decrepit and ugly with age
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
raging fire; conflagration
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
serious; severe; grave; acute
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to accept; to receive; to agree
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
calm; composed; cool; quiet