drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
go on!; right!; here goes!
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
fair words fill not the belly; food before romance
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
bragging; showing off; pride
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
prefabricated; knockdown; demountable (e.g. motor); flatpack (furniture)
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
inattention; absent-mindedness
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
be (that) as it may; having said that
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
complete; whole; perfect; safe
conversely; on the contrary
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
successfully; with success
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life