sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
weak point; unskillfulness
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
senior high school student
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
dealing with; coping with
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
godsend; gift from providence
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
to give an impression; to make an impression
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
better than nothing; better than none at all