advanced level; high grade; senior
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
on the occasion of; at the time of
exemption; exoneration; discharge
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
rather; better; instead; if anything
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
money-making; earning money
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
mental illness; emotional disorder
intelligence; intellect; brains
sensitivity; susceptibility
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness