re-education; retraining; in-service training
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
eardrum; tympanic membrane
near; close by; within reach; familiar
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to mark the end; to spell the end
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
expression; presentation; representation; notation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve