isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
home area; home town; local
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
yearned for; longed for; missed
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
blood relationship; blood relative
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
parent-child relationship
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to grow up; to become an adult
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
independence; self-reliance
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
manly; masculine; like a man
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to boost; to force up; to push up
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed