desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
leader; guide; mentor; coach
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
point in question (at issue)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
proof; certain truth; demonstration; argumentation
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
yearning; longing for; deep affection
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
very much; very many; more and more
conversely; on the contrary
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
about when; about what time; how soon
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is