instead of; replacing; on behalf of
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
estimate (of costs); budget
to spend time (on doing something)
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
ignorant of the ways of the world
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
survival; survivor; relic
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
it's no joke; gimme a break!
enough is enough; no further!
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
reading partway; leaving half-read
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
prefix for forming ordinal numbers