affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
to stare back at; to look back at
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
sick person; patient; invalid
bedside; near one's pillow
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
hoarse voice; husky voice
to escape from; to get out
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
plump; chubby; voluptuous
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
deleterious substance; toxic substance
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to regurgitate; to vomit; to throw up
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient
pressure; oppression; suppression
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
cardiotonic agent; cardiac stimulant; heart stimulant; cardiotonic; cardiotonic drug
natural growth; wild growth
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry