positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
looking on; remaining a spectator
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to suppress one's emotions
self control; self restraint
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
drop (e.g. of water); drip
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses