one's family (home) background (environment)
cold reception; inhospitality
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
odds and ends; all; every
sincere; earnest; serious
pride; dignity; self-respect
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
the last moment; the very end
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
additional finance; additional funding
raising (bet); raising (object); lifting; raising (topic); bringing up; raising (children); rearing
make no progress; remain unsettled
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint