Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
bolt from the blue; great surprise
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
one day; (on) a certain day
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
diligent; hard-working; industrious
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?