effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to like; to love; to be fond of
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to get tired out; to be exhausted
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
to collapse into; to flop onto
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
choices; alternatives; options
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned