assertion; declaration; affirmation
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to like; to love; to be fond of
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
not necessarily so; is not always true
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
how long; how much; to what extent
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
self-consciousness; self-awareness
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to have a talk; to tell a story
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
long ago; already; a long time ago
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
beginning; outset; first; onset
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
feeling; sense; impression
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
not caring; not giving a damn
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to come to one's senses; to calm down