apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
good old wife; one's wife of many years
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to laugh away; to laugh off
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
animal or carnal desires; lust
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still