for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
one's real father; natural father; biological father
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
(present) head of a family
to stare back at; to look back at
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
simple and clear; plain and simple
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
nation at war; militant nation
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
news; word; tidings; omen
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking