growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
solitude; loneliness; isolation
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
thought; consideration; thinking
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
to pile up; to accumulate
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious