overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
clear; precise; definite; distinct
whether or not; presence or absence
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
to push or press or force down; to depress
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
climax; peak; zenith; apex
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
tomfoolery; monkey business