black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
sending back; return to sender
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
just because; even if; even though
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to spend time (on doing something)
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
that; the matter in question
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile