to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to call together; to convene
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
exalting; raising; enhancing; rousing up
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
(period of) a year; during an era
wife and children; (arch.) wife
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
in that manner; like that
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to be worried; to be troubled
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
property; fortune; assets
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
constrained; uncomfortable; awkward
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude