powerless; helpless; incompetent
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to stop walking; to pause
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
bigoted; obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
man; male; masculine gender
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
such; like that; that sort of; very
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
hustle; working hard; doing with enthusiasm; showing eagerness; being full of vigour
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
outside of; not covered by
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)