mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
transactions; dealings; business
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
hostility; antagonism; opposition
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
single word; a few words; brief comment
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
forgetting; lapse of memory
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to have no chance (of succeeding)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
this, that and the other; this and that
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
one's house; one's home; one's family
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
due form; official; formality
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)