overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
self-mutilation; self-injury
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
as a child; when one was a child
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
understanding person; supporter
comparatively; quite; rather
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
way (of doing); manner; method; means
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
surroundings; circumference
(medical) doctor; physician
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that