visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
on the sea; surface of the sea
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
between times; when there's a spare moment
leisure time; idle moment
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
desperately; for one's dear life
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
in terms of; from the point of view of
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to wander from place to place; to change jobs