tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
having ended; being resolved
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
auspicious appearance; good or lucky omen
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
success or failure; outcome; result
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
favour; favor; warm friendship
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
exactly as stated; verbatim
pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
to save; to leave over; to spare
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
attachment; covetous affection
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
useless; vain; aimless; idle
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
because of; owing to; due to