proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
that is to say; so that means
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be at a loss for words
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve