to say; to tell; to state; to do
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
trio; gang of three; threesome
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
rival; competitor; competition
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
only recently; just of late
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
as (for); for; in the capacity of
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
little by little; bit by bit
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
breaking off an engagement
way; method; means; resource; course
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)