it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to press a question; to cross-examine
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
after a long time; for the first time in a while
counter for books; volume
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
start; beginning; first step; clue
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
before ... days (months, etc.)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)