to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
distrust; unjust suspicion
that's the way it is; such is life
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
else; in addition; besides
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
nothing but; none other than
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
respect and affection; love and respect
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
national crisis; national disaster
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
ultimate; final; last; eventual
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
loyal retainer; loyal subject
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)