reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
directly opposite; right in front
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
number one; first; best; most; game; round
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
that day; the very same day
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)