bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
in proportion to; just as much as
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to live; to reside; to inhabit
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
in comparison to; rather than
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
absentmindedness; peace of mind
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
bank; weir; embankment; levee
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious