few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
multiplication table; times table
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
older brother; elder brother
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
light; right; right field; right fielder
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
almost; roughly; approximately
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
solitude; loneliness; isolation
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to accept; to receive; to agree
number one; first; best; most; game; round
form; shape; figure; visage
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
bunch of flowers; bouquet