kindness; intimacy; friendship
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
something; some kind of; for some reason
urgency; exigency; emergency
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to summon; to get used to call
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
not covered (by); not subject (to)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
that day; the very same day
testimony; (verbal) evidence
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to be helpful; to be useful
(your) daughter; young woman
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
troublesome; annoying; complicated
wide difference; a world of difference
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate