unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
softly; mildly; gently; politely
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
control; management (e.g. of a business)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
pale; pallid; bluish-white
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
(period of) a year; during an era
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
rave reviews; extremely high praise