limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
nothing but; none other than
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
several years; a few years
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
(not) merely; (not) simply
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
high-pitched tone; soprano
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)