incident; affair; happening; event
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
boy; son; baby boy; young man
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
very young; little; childish; immature
at that time; in those days
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
major incident; major happening; big scandal
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to approach; to draw near
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be kind to; to treat kindly
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
society; the world; the times
to be born; to come into the world
if so; in that case; in that situation
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to tighten; to press hard
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
thought; consideration; thinking
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to accept; to receive; to agree
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
besides; moreover; in addition
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to put into effect; to put into practice
desperately; for one's dear life