chance (of success); odds
advance; moving forward; progress
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
tone (of voice); manner of talking
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
so-and-so; who?; which people?
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
grudge; complaint; reproach
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
advocate; proponent; supporter
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
reconciliation; make peace with
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to be frank; to drop all pretense
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
too much; excessively; too
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
to consider another's point of view; to put oneself in someone's shoes
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)