compensated dating (young men with older women)
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
power; authority; jurisdiction
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
interference; meddling; butting in
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
social; societal; societary
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
on bad terms; at loggerheads
having said that; on the other hand
close; intimate; on good terms
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head