anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
drop (e.g. of water); drip
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
late at night; small hours of the morning
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
late at night; at a late hour
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
tone (of voice); manner of talking
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
had better ...; had better not ...
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch