playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
all; everyone; everybody; everything
to torment; to torture; to harass
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
thousand years; very long period; forever
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to have a reason; to have an excuse
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to perceive; to understand
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
keep up your strength; chin up!
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana