moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to laugh away; to laugh off
serious; severe; grave; acute
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
pointing out; identification
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
because of; owing to; due to
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to need; to call for; to require
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to turn towards; to point
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
different person; another person; someone else; changed man