donation; contribution; endowment
total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
ultimate; final; last; eventual
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
(a person's) appearance; looks
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
now that; since; as long as; provided that
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
empress dowager; queen mother
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
superstition; superstitious belief
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison