only recently; just of late
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to read the situation; to sense the mood
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
since when; from when; how long
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
devoted; self-sacrificing
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to tighten; to press hard
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
self-control; self-restraint
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
apparently; appears to be
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears