to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
to accept; to receive; to agree
at the very least; at the very most; as a bare minimum; minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
at least; at most; (even) just
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
difficult to ...; hard to ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
-less; lacking; non-existing
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability