untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
virtue; charm; merit; good point
last week; the week before
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
large family; extended family
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
immature form (of an organism); young animal
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
death toll; number of deaths; body count
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
separate; respective; different
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility