more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
wrong; different; not like that
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
as a child; when one was a child
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to sit for an examination
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
pride; boast; credit (to)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
siblings; brothers and sisters
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
father; dad; husband; you; he
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard