mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
supporting role (actor); minor role
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
thousands; several thousand
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash