to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
resignation; acceptance; consolation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
such; like that; that sort of; very
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with