knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
probity check; background investigation
overlooking; turning a blind eye
gentle; mild; meek; tender
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view