worthless; pointless; useless
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
miscarriage; (spontaneous) abortion; abortive birth
to go into labor; to go into labour
somebody (important); person of importance
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
cardinal (Catholic church)
your highness; your grace; your eminence
foster father; adoptive father
adopted daughter; foster daughter
divine right (e.g. of kings)
unity of church and state; theocracy
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
unique; peculiar; singular
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
as you see; as you can see
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to recover consciousness; to come to
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)