affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to be dead; to be lifeless
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to laugh away; to laugh off
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
how should I know?; don't ask me
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
battle formation; military formation
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
blood vessel; blood relationship
doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
capillary vessel; capillary
birth; creation; formation
powerless; helpless; incompetent
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to become clear; to be made public
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)