to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to say; to be called; to do
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
a little more; a bit more
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
such; like that; in that way
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing