physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
instability; insecurity; crankiness
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
empirical; from experience
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
still; even now; to this day
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days