to keep away; to keep at a distance
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to chase; to run after; to pursue
release; liberation; acquittal
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to be kind to; to treat kindly
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to cause a person trouble
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement