sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
tears of grief; crying with sadness
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
true character; true heart; true spirit
damp; moist (negative nuance)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
side effect; adverse reaction
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
operation; functioning; running
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
on countless occasions; many a time
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to torment; to harass; to tease
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand