to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
fool; twit; idiot; (arch.) unpleasant customer
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
last days; the end; one's fate
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
to put into writing; to write
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
to close one's eyes; to sleep; to rest in peace
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
activity; briskness; prosperity
in good health; alive and well; going strong
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
if possible; if circumstances allow