with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
senior; elder; person older than oneself
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
because of; owing to; due to
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
teatime; tea break; coffee break
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth