to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
calm; composed; cool; quiet
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
choice; selection; option
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
living thing; living creature; animal; life
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face