private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
such; like that; that sort of; very
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
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; unsightly; unseemly
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
opposite side; opposition
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
exactly as stated; verbatim
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
presence; sitting with; being with
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
other; another; over; more than; I; me
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
the opposite sex; isomerism
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons