group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
close to the wall; alongside the wall
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
promising without due consideration
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
guess; conjecture; surmise
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to affect; to impact; to influence
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
even if not; even without
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to engage in lively conversation
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
rampancy; prevalence; domination
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
to be the ruin of (a person)
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
wages; pay; rental payment
intimacy; affection; familiarity
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally