confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
and yet; though; when; in spite of
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
chance; opportunity; occasion
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
pleasant feeling; good vibes
question; inquiry; enquiry
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to some extent; to a certain extent
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea