overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
patient's condition; pathology
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
the deceased; the departed
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
father and mother; parents
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
villain; baddie; the villain's part
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
hiding one's embarrassment
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
incident; affair; happening; event
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
armor and helmet (armour)
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
judicial power; jurisdiction
husband and wife; married couple
agricultural land; farmland
many problems; various problems