curiosity; inquisitiveness
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
small; fine; detailed; stingy
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
prevention; precaution; protection against
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
decline; fall; decay; withering
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
outward appearance; apparent
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to turn towards; to point
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
alone; by oneself; on one's own
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
courteous; decorous; polite
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality