meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
product; produce; result; fruit
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
trivial; not amounting to much
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
silence; stillness; quietness
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
beyond that point; after that
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be