trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
fluent (in a language); flowing
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to be conspicuous; to stand out
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly