to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be surprised; to be astonished
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
region; limits; stage; level
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
respect and affection; love and respect
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
like this; this sort; this way
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
that day; the very same day
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling