(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
discipline; training; teaching manners
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
discreet; modest; cautious
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
process; course; mechanism
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
one's own child; one's own children
attendance (at school); going to school
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
older brother; elder brother
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
way of speaking; intimation
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)