companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
door; gate; opening; title page
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
body; physical system; (the) person
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
occupation; calling; livelihood
how many people; a number of people
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)