lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
production (e.g. play); direction
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
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
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
testimony; (verbal) evidence
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)