surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
relations; members of extended family
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
writing on someone's behalf
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
as; because; with; due to
proposal; proposition; suggestion
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to make a fool of (someone)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten