ill will; malice; evil intent
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
dictatorship; despotic government
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
powerful person; influential person
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
comfort; consolation; diversion
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
what's what; heads or tails
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to have one's horizons broadened
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
attention seeker; look-at-me
(rubbing) salt in the wound
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
alternately; by turns; one after the other
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax