beginning; outset; first; onset
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
I see; that's right; indeed
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
the other day; lately; recently
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
possessed of a strong sense of duty
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me