character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
observation; survey; watching
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
thought; consideration; thinking
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
immediately; right away; on the spot
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
orphan; person without friends
independence; self-reliance
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
estimate (of costs); budget
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
equilibrium; good balance; poise
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
government official; clerk
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service