to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to be blessed with children
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
biological child; one's own child
to add (to); to add on; to append
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
side effect; adverse reaction
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
fancy dress ball; costume ball; masquerade ball
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for