(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
knob; handle; catch; patron
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
pointing out errors; correction; critique
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
interstage; inter-section; column space
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
various countries; several countries
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
first generation; founder
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
usage; way to use; utilization
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
small restaurant; eating house
godparents; foster parents
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
preliminary arrangements; spade work
sorry; excuse me; thank you
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension