special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to shake one's head (in denial)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
major earthquake; large earthquake
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to run about; to rush about
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
interference; intervention; meddling
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself