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nature, personality / fate, destiny / a habit, custom, or practice / the good and bad of a person; especially, one's faults

still, as always, as usual, as ... as ever, same old story

amiability, friendliness, cordiality, courteous, sociability

confrontation, head-to-head

a relationship / terms, as in friendly or hostile

love and hate, mixed feelings

pause, break

ambiguity, obscurity, opacity

going ahead and doing something despite knowing it to be impossible, daring / particularly