man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
such ... as; or some such
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
outline; summary; argument
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
this world; this life; world of the living
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
wherein; therein; thereinto
number one; first; best; most; game; round
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why