consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
tendency; trend; inclination
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
elopement; running away with a lover
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
since; henceforth; ever since
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to like; to love; to be fond of
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
spider's thread; spider silk
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that's the way it is; such is life
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
reason for being; raison d'être
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to talk; to carry meaning
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
there is nothing; having nothing
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
the number of people; many people; a large number of people