to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
but; however; provided that
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
immediately; right away; on the spot
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
outside one's jurisdiction
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
sincere; earnest; serious
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
concealment; suppression; hiding
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
point in common; common feature
gender; distinction of sex; sex
half and half; fifty-fifty
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
by all means; by all costs
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to say no more; to sink into silence
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into