tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
senility; dotage; decrepitude
(your, his, her) daughter
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
willpower; energy; vitality
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to be hesitant; to feel timid
just a minute; small quantity
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
on countless occasions; many a time
great man; great god; hero; big man
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
grasp; catch; understanding
handful; small amount; small number
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
both; both sides; both parties
to say no more; to sink into silence
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications