sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
settlement; solution; resolution
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
advance; moving forward; progress
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
patterns of thinking; train of thought
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all