futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
belief; faith; conviction
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
desperately; for one's dear life
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
solution; solution strategy
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to throw at; to turn; to raise
irritation; annoyance; frustration
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
these guys; these fellows
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal