unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
annual (plant); first-year student
marking; grading; scoring
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
opposite side; opposition
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to make an appearance; to show up
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to get thin; to taper off
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
going to and fro; back and forth
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
one day; (on) a certain day
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism