stabbing (repeatedly); piercing; (words) cutting to the heart; striking home; loose; sloppy
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to join forces; to cooperate
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
common front; united front
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to need; to call for; to require
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to subsist; to keep on living
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
otherwise; or else; if not
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
other side; opposite side; other party
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
directions; instructions; orders; command
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather