intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation
to subsist; to keep on living
to try all possible means
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to take someone's life; to kill someone
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
late at night; at a late hour
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
worried look; concerned expression
to have an idea; to have a clue
(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat
and; thereupon; because of that
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
worldly wisdom; gumption; stingy person
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
entreaty; supplication; petition
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed