maintaining



bearing, bracing, burdened, carrying, holding, maintenance, supporting, supportive, sustaining, tenacious ,

   with constancy - decidedly, earnestly, firmly, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, persistently, resolutely, seriously, staunchly, steadily, tooth and nail ,

   have and hold - bear, boast, bosom, cherish, claim, cling to, clip, command, embrace, enjoy, entertain, fill, fondle, foster, harbour,

   ruddy-complexioned - blowzy, florid, flush, flushed, glowing, hectic, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, sunburned ,

   sit in judgement - administer, arbitrate, hear, judge, officiate, preside, referee, try, umpire ,

   make impossible - bar, close out, disqualify, prohibit, rule out ,

   sweet on - attached to, crazy about, devoted to, enamoured of, far gone on, fond of, gone on, hipped on, in love with, mad about, nuts about, partial to, smitten with, struck with, stuck on,

   throwing-stick - bolt, boomerang, brickbat, catapult, missile, projectile, rock, rocket, sling, stone, throw stick, torpedo ,

   in reserve - about to be, already in sight, approaching, aside, at hand, back, brewing, by, close, close at hand, coming, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen,

   along toward - about, around, at hand, close, hard, near, nearby, nigh, thereabouts, within reach ,

   sense of wonder - admiration, amazement, awe, fascination, marvel, surprise ,