in the meanwhile; during the time
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
such; like that; in that way
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to be badly made; to fail
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
general idea; concept; notion
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to have one's name entered (in a list)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme