abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
courteous; decorous; polite
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
grandfather; male senior-citizen
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
on countless occasions; many a time
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
there is nothing; having nothing
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
a push; another effort; one more effort
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
sense of values; values; value system
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
little by little; bit by bit
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...