embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
future (usually near); prospects
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
calculated; premeditated; considered
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
originally; by nature; from the start
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
conviction; belief; confidence
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
worthy of special mention
marriage proposal; courtship
preliminary arrangements; spade work
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to make merry; to be festive
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
reality; actuality; hard fact
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation