resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
willpower; energy; vitality
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
destination (one is heading towards); goal
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to badger; to pester; to beg
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
expectation; anticipation; forecast
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to subsist; to keep on living
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
way; method; means; resource; course
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course