faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to manage something successfully; to be successful
the last moment; the very end
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
expulsion; excommunication
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
cold reception; inhospitality
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
being in love with each other
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
official announcement; proclamation
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to detain; to check; to restrain
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
covered with; stained; smeared