environment; surroundings; circumstances
maintenance; preservation; improvement
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
existence; being; presence
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
construction; establishment
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
in one's own way or style
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
why; how; for what reason
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
very small; tiny; insignificant
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
story; tale; talk; discussion
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?