to defend oneself; to protect oneself
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
sense of values; values; value system
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to stop oneself from crying; to hold back tears
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
fickle; inconstant; capricious; having many romantic interests
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
upper side (of a go, chess or othello board)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
right; correct; proper; righteous; just