incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
clever; bright; smart; intelligent
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
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)
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to correct oneself; to restate
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
home; household; family; hearth
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance