entrance; entering; admission; admittance
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
close to the wall; alongside the wall
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
promising without due consideration
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
guess; conjecture; surmise
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to affect; to impact; to influence
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
even if not; even without
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to engage in lively conversation
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
rampancy; prevalence; domination
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
rich person; wealthy person
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
wages; pay; rental payment
one's work environment; job conditions
intimacy; affection; familiarity
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
companion; follower; attendant; retinue