(not) a soul; (not) a single person
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
most of all; extremely; supremely
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
of all things (days, etc.)
maternity room; delivery room
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to cry and shout; to scream
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
this (very thing); this precisely
secret; private; surreptitious
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme