unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
in history; ever; historical
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
violent emotion; passion; fury
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
division into equal parts; equal parts
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
married woman; another's wife
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
middle of the night; dead of night
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
for the first time in one's life
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement