load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
beauty of style; beauty of form
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
being up to the person himself
independent; responsible; active; subjective
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
persevering; very patient
extreme masochist; very masochistic
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
eighth day of the month; eight days
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
malicious; deliberately mean
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
first meeting; first contest between
massing (of troops); gathering
people; citizens; subjects; folk