circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
in comparison to; rather than
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be needed; to be wanted
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
something like ...; something called ...
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!