mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
military strength; military personnel
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
several years; a few years
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
threat; intimidation; menace
relation; connection; relevance
to become clear; to be made public
how many? (large animals)
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
outward; superficial; external; apparent
the very image of health itself; picture of health
to fall ill; to be taken ill
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
dark of the night; darkness of the night
matter; thing; affair; circumstance