cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to control; to command; to get the better of
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
front; frontage; facade; main
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to be too numerous; to be too much
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
negative emotions; negative feelings
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
craving; longing; thirsting
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject