to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
matter causing distress; something causing worry
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
dozens; scores of; decades
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
if so; in that case; in that situation
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
the ocean; the great deep
height of; middle of; full bloom
successively; one after another
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
utmost limits; extremity; limit
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
progress; advance; improvement; development
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)