alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
throat; important part; vital area
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
deep inside; innermost place
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
willpower; energy; vitality
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
it's not like; it isn't as if
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
accumulation; accumulate; store
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
base; basis; bedrock; platform
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
Dracula (novel, film, etc.); Count Dracula
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
feigned; pretending (not to know)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect