dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to breathe out; to exhale
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to understand; to make out
as a child; when one was a child
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
interference; intervention; meddling
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
senility; dotage; decrepitude
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
desperation; struggle to the death
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
choice; selection; option
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
assertion; declaration; affirmation
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to