best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
conviction; belief; confidence
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to add (to); to add on; to append
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
how; in what way; by what means
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten