odd; strange; queer; peculiar
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
while; even though; despite
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
long ago; already; a long time ago
to dry up completely; to become stale
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration