sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
conjecture; guesswork; guess
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
complete lie; outright lie
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
virgin; innocent young woman
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
(by force of) circumstances
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
to cheat (in a romantic relationship); to play it both ways; to sit on the fence; to two-time
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
because of; owing to; due to
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
just one person; only one
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
divorce; dissolution of adoption
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
one end; an end; part; fragment
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
start; beginning; first step; clue
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
throw-in; sacrifice stone inducing shortage of liberties, false eye, connect-and-die or a snapback.
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
to sell off; to dispose of
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure