infancy; childhood; tender age
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to like; to love; to be fond of
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
innermost depths of one's heart
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to happen to have on hand or in stock
one's manners; one's attitude
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be born; to come into the world
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
reason; cause; history; origin
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
delusion; trick of the imagination
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
businesslike; professional