writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to face; to go towards; to head towards
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
solitude; loneliness; isolation
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to become fraught with emotion
at first; in the beginning; originally
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to show up; to appear; to turn up
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
pride; boast; credit (to)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
is something that; is that which
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in