long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
father and mother; parents
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
villain; baddie; the villain's part
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
hiding one's embarrassment
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
occurrence; happening; incident; event
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to soothe and humor; to coax
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine