personal; individual; private
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
front; frontage; facade; main
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
several people; a few people
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
reason; cause; circumstances
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint