close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
naturally; of course; understandably
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
life; living; I; me; student
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
establishment; settlement
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
underground organization; underground organisation
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
outcast; odd man out; pariah