habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to approach; to draw near
to make a speech; to address
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to take up one's residence
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
people; men and women; each person; everybody
scene; spectacle; sight; view
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
day of month; counter for days
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
such; like that; that sort of; very
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to