to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
love affair; sensual pleasures
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
indicate reason; infers some protest
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
many; much; plenty; hardly
to live through; to survive
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
society; the world; the times
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
very; much; greatly; a lot of
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to summon courage; to be brave
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)