one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
alternately; by turns; one after the other
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
execution; punishment; spanking
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup
rather; better; instead; if anything
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
good; goodness; right; virtue
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing