to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
tenderhearted; faint of heart
day by day; every day; by the day
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to increase; to add to; to augment
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
wherein; therein; thereinto
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
when it comes to ...; as for ...
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
elopement; running away with a lover
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
stifled (laughter); simmering
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)