feeling that something has come too late
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
maintaining the status quo
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to lose heart; to lose motivation
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to fight; to exchange blows
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
special; particular; peculiar; unique
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
even though it is not; despite not
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
self-torturing; masochistic
intropunitive; self-punishing
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note