illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
several years standing; over several years
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
family; relatives; dependents; household
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sublime; noble; high-minded
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
welcome; (warm) reception
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to open (one's eyes) wide
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe