to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
shameless; shameless person
harm; injury; evil (influence)
verbal promise; one's word
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
ability; capability; competence; skill
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
(one) could even say that
to affect; to impact; to influence
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
in person; personally; directly
opinion; point of view; visual point
menial; meanness; servility; abject
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
at a young age; while still young
the way one works; one's working manner
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
on bad terms; at loggerheads
close; intimate; on good terms
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to speak ill of; to disparage
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to complain; to lodge a complaint
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of