document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
thanatos; death instinct (in psychoanalysis); Thanatos; personification of death (in Greek mythology)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
custom; practice; convention; precedent
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
all present; all concerned; all of us
in history; ever; historical
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to smirk; to grin broadly
funny story; funny anecdote
circulation; dissemination