restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
fortifying; fortification
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to fight against; to oppose; to face
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
that; the matter in question
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
memory; sense; experience
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
impossible; unlikely; improbable
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
preference; priority; precedence
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate