wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
as (for); for; in the capacity of
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
reality; actuality; hard fact
to thrust before; to thrust at
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
had better ...; had better not ...
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
un-; non-; negative prefix
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style