splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
breakthrough; great discovery
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to hold fast; to protect to the end
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
being upright and cleanhanded
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
destruction; collapse; crumbling
block (of wood); chip; splinter
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
watchtower; observation tower; lookout
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
to receive divine punishment
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life