reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to correct oneself; to restate
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient
since when; from when; how long
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to get one's head around; to think about
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
in name only; titular; nominal
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul