eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
chance (of success); odds
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
to put on airs; to assume importance
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
resentment; indignation; anger
dark night; moonless night
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to put one's life on the line
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
god of death; death deity; Death
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
as usual; as is one's habit
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
pure; true; genuine; unmixed