intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
grasp; catch; understanding
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
in the end; at the end of the day
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
in succession; one after another
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
particularly; only; in the case of