person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
everyday life; daily life
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
(political) power; authority; influence
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
check; restraint; oppression; repression
appearance; expression; manifestation
much less; to say nothing of
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
one grain; one drop; one bead
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
one day; (on) a certain day
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to erase all trace of something
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
vengeful spirit (spawned from a living person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger