special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
support; backing; patronage
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
at the last moment; this late in the game
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
distinction; differentiation; classification
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling