a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to drop; to let fall; to omit
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
how long; how far; how much
to be discouraged; to shrink from
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
withdrawal (from a society, club, etc.); resignation; secession; unsubscribing (from a mailing list, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
independence; self-reliance
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
supreme; sublime; highest
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion