very young; little; childish; immature
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
and then; and so; and; so then
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
then; well; so; well then
love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
illness; condition; -pathy
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
(political) power; authority; influence