to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
for (some) doubtful points to remain
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
good-for-nothing; worthless
tedious; boring; being fed up with