by myself; in person; by oneself
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
it is not (like that) either
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
after a long time; for the first time in a while
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
until now; so far; up to the present
to pile up; to accumulate
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
perfect; complete; flawless
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
bank; banking institution
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
feeling; sense; impression
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to thrust before; to thrust at
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away