to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
open; public; official; overt
close contact (with an infected person)
husband and wife; married couple
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
being on the ropes; losing ground
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
household economy; family finances
command; lead; generalship; leadership
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to sentence; to assign a penalty
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
something; some kind of; for some reason
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
to spend time (on doing something)
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
fast approach; quick intimacy
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to spread; to be propagated
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to pass (of time); to elapse
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy