selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
animal rights; animal welfare; animal protection
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire
kind; sort; species; species
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
at least; at most; (even) just
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
long ago; previous; of a former age
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
human; human-like; as a person
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to subsist; to keep on living
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
extreme masochist; very masochistic
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