processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
female friend; woman friend
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
independence from parents
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
solitude; loneliness; isolation
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
longing for others; wanting company
out of character; unlike one
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
guess; speculation; supposition
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
public execution; public embarrassment
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
talk about divorce or separation
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
stairs; stairway; staircase
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning