sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
chief; main; principal; major
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
health management; health maintenance; health care
to put someone to trouble
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced