no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
popular name; common name; given name
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?