suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sentiment; sentimentality
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
separation; farewell; parting
not limited to; not just ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
hostility; antagonism; opposition
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
to pretend; to act (as if)
leader (of an alliance); leading power
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash