(endlessly) doting (on someone); (constantly) petting (somebody) as if they were a pet
to be needed; to be wanted
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
animal rights; animal welfare; animal protection
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
everybody; every last one of them; all
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
pump priming; cause; impetus; spark
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
father; dad; husband; you; he
true character; true heart; true spirit
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
double suicide; lovers' suicide
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to thrust down; to push off
first meeting; first interview with
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)