to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to exert oneself; to make efforts
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
at least; at most; (even) just
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
clear; precise; definite; distinct
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
this and that; one thing or another
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
difficult to ...; hard to ...
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
main; principal; chief; primary; major