person concerned; interested party; related party
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to discuss; to talk together
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be worried; to be troubled
so; like this; in this way
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
until now; so far; up to the present
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
repentance; confession; penitence
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)