to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to summon courage; to be brave
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
pride; dignity; self-worth
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
trouble; bother; annoyance
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
about; on; regarding; per; for every
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
professor; teaching; instruction
don't worry about it; forget about it
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
all you want; as much as one wants
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell