riches; wealth; resources; lottery
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
leaving everything up to someone else
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
(within a) territory; domains
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
courting; wooing; making advances
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
maternal relative; relative on one's mother's side
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish