to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
much less; to say nothing of
time; hour; season; time of the year
self control; self restraint
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
if so; in that case; in that situation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
what if (as in "what if" stories)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
impossible; unlikely; improbable
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life