disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to begin to walk; to set out
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
around the world; throughout the world
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
solitude; loneliness; isolation
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one person; another name; nickname; alias
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to rush over; to run up to
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)