fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
contributing cause; exciting cause; incentive; motive
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
woman; female; feminine gender
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
opposite side; opposition
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
as expected; as predicted
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
as stated; verbatim; literally
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to like; to love; to be fond of
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
question; inquiry; enquiry
instant; moment; for an instant
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation