psychic trauma; psychological trauma
stale; hackneyed; cliched
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
main; principal; chief; primary; major
bygones; the past; past event
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
annual (plant); first-year student
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
deemed; presumptive; imputed
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
distrust of (other) human beings
elm tree (esp. the Japanese elm, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica)
surrounding at a distance
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress