cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
playmate; companion; friend to play with
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
property; fortune; means; assets
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
in search of; in order to look for
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
short short (story); flash fiction
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
complete works; complete collection; complete series
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
biological parent; real parent
parent-child relationship
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
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recommendation; referral; endorsement
Bayer; Bajer; Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
one day; (on) a certain day
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
knitting; knitted material; crochet
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
English conversation; school for English conversation
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting