to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to look down on; to condescend
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
for the first time in one's life
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
scene; spectacle; sight; view
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to join in; to have a share in; to get in on the act
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
expression; presentation; representation; notation
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to attempt; to test; to try out
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
expression of love; showing love
regret; repentance; remorse