(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
place; situation; position; location
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
the same as always; day after day
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
by means of; due to; because of; according to
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
perfect; complete; flawless
if it is the case that ...
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)