friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
lately; recently; nowadays
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to put on airs; to assume importance
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to catch the eye; to attract attention
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to grow up; to become an adult
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
information; experience; knowledge; observation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary