foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
great love; passionate affair
to unfold; to unroll; to open
pregnancy; conception; gestation
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
minimum; at the very least
number of times; frequency; count
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
even though; despite; when
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
commerce; trade; business
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate