declaration of war; proclamation of war
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
imagination; supposition; guess
distant look; faraway look
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
maid; helper; help; assistance
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)