trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
putting into operation; invocation
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
individual; private person; personal; natural person
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
change; alteration; modification
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
actor with excellent acting abilities (as opposed to just good looks); actor of real skill
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody