master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
for a while; for some time; for a period
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
separate day; another day
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
absence; disregard; indifference
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
conduct; behavior; behaviour
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
alternately; by turns; one after the other