really; truly; indeed; good grief
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
quarrel; dispute; argument
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
meaning; significance; sense
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected