thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
that day; the very same day
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
head; brains; intellect; understanding
accomplishment; execution
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
in that manner; like that
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully