hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
myself; yourself; I; me; you
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
because of; owing to; due to
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
as (for); for; in the capacity of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish