romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
the place for; the time for; the level of
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
to appear all together; to be all present
main question; real issue at hand
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
convenient; handy; useful
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
everyday life; daily life
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric