estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
fate; destiny; predestination
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
vitality; (one's) life force
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to wipe thoroughly; to polish
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
trouble; bother; annoyance
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still