is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
willpower; energy; vitality
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
otherwise; or else; if not
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
two days before; day before yesterday
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
taking a break from writing
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
back issue (of a publication); back number; number (on the back of a player's uniform); shirt number
sequel; later development
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
fighting against an illness
strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly