lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to pretend; to act (as if)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to subsist; to keep on living
otherwise; if not; or else
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
death by suffocation; death by choking
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
many; numerous; various; large number of
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
weakening; emaciation; decline
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
one by one; one after another; successively
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
to change the position of
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to steal or sneak or slip into