to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
with a start; with a jump
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to get along well with; to make a go of it
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
gratitude; thanks; apology
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
novel; story; (work of) fiction
on the way home from school
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to not believe one's ears
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased