on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
nothing but; none other than
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
girl; lass; young thing; chick
ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability; ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track
infection; contagion; becoming infected
disorder; chaos; confusion
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
companion; partner; spouse
quickly; calmly; intently
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing