to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
good performance; good work; great success
expression; look; countenance; face
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
master; teacher; stable master
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to get help; to enlist aid
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
while; during (the time when)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
all; entire; whole; altogether
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
declaration; proclamation; announcement
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
disorder; chaos; confusion