painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
midwinter; dead of winter
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
how much; how many; to what extent
capacity; volume; capacitance
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
nothing but; except; no more than
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
how long; how far; how much
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
to not take seriously; to take lightly
kill; kill (shot); smash; spike (in volleyball)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight