wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
grandfather; male senior-citizen
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
courting; wooing; making advances
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
priority; order of precedence
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
love story; romance; love affair
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
to detain; to check; to restrain
order of arrival; first-come-first-served basis
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to jar; to creak; to grate
warp; curvature; curve; arch
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
everybody; every last one of them; all
to take; to catch; to capture
to be hesitant; to feel timid
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
slave (device); slave (person)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness