other than; excluding; without
Kentucky; Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
reservation; order acceptance
sour look; surly face; pout
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
happy family get-together
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
anything and everything; just about everything
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
household economy; family finances
consequence; outcome; result; blame
the reason is ...; it is because ...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless