incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
face contorted and about to cry
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
conviction; belief; confidence
to hide; to keep to oneself
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
in the same manner as before; the same as always
one after another; in rapid succession
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)