I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
tool; implement; means; furniture
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
middle of the night; dead of night
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
alone; by oneself; on one's own
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
such; like that; that sort of; very
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity