for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
since then; from that time; ever since
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
recommendation; endorsement
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
high; noble; refined; advanced
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
admiration; being impressed (by)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
first night; first watch of the night; bridal night
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific