territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
writing on someone's behalf
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
administration of justice; judicature
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
standing while holding onto something (of an infant or toddler)
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
beyond comparison; incomparable
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
one's own child; one's own children