because of; owing to; due to
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to delight; to give pleasure
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
sympathy; compassion; pity
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to pass (of time); to elapse
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to understand (each other); to comprehend
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
bill (at a restaurant); check
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
just because; even if; even though
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)