battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to be found; to be discovered
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
grandfather; male senior-citizen
ability; performance; efficiency
instability; insecurity; crankiness
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
this sort of; this type of
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
never mind!; don't worry about it
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to begin talking; to open up
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?