to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
cheap article; poor quality article
in that manner; like that
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
violent emotion; passion; fury
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
jokingly; in the form of a joke
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
older sister; elder sister
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
wonderful; splendid; magnificent