tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
interference; meddling; butting in
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to jump at; to be attracted by
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
number of times; frequency; count
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to lie down; to throw oneself down
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
unspecified large number (of people)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking