period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
grandfather; male senior-citizen
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
(in) her way; peculiar to her
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to control; to command; to get the better of
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to grumble; to make difficulties
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to