bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
still; even now; to this day
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
curse; spell; malediction
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
wherein; therein; thereinto
surrounding at a distance
scene; spectacle; sight; view
anything and everything; just about everything
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
even more; still more; further
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for