elopement; running away with a lover
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
serious crime; grave crime
choices; alternatives; options
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to be worried; to be troubled
to have a reason; to have an excuse
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
situation; developments; outcome
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
nothing but; none other than
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to become excited; to grow lively
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
field; plain; prairie; moor
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to add (to); to add on; to append
to ask for too much; to expect too much
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit