et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
man; male; masculine gender
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to cover fully; to wrap around
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to await; to wait for; to expect
many; numerous; various; large number of
to think of; to give one's thought to
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
pride in one's strength or skill
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
dropout; quitter; deserter
to appear to regret (an outcome, etc.); to seem bitter
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything