critic; reviewer; commentator
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
maker; builder; creator; farmer
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
imagination; supposition; guess
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to become empty; to be emptied
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
support; backing; patronage
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
unrequited love; one-sided love
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration