depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
drinking party; get-together
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
scene; spectacle; sight; view
sympathy; compassion; pity
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
strength; power; proficiency; ability
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
reason; cause; history; origin
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
merry drinker; one who laughs easily
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk