worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
born of the same mother; kindred spirits
older brother and younger sister
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
Son of God; child of an emperor
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
rare; extraordinary; singular
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
naturally; of course; understandably
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
unfortunately; regrettably
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
yourself; himself; herself
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
for this very reason; that is exactly why