serious; severe; grave; acute
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
otherwise; or else; if not
about this time; about now
beginning; outset; first; onset
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
to step forward; to volunteer
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
self-justification; excuse
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
for the first time in one's life
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
obsession; compulsive idea
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky