thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to soak through; to be deeply impressed
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
to make an appearance; to show up
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to come to one's senses; to calm down
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to rush over; to run up to
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
to repaint; to paint again
passing of years; lapse of time; aging; ageing
sickroom; hospital room; ward
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
woman; female; feminine gender
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
understood; I see; OK; present; here
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
university student; college student
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time