to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
about when; about what time; how soon
what day?; what day of the week?
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
going home from work; on the way home from work
several people; a few people
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to come and go; to go back and forth
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
at first; in the beginning; originally
while; during (the time when)
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
business hours; opening hours; office hours
answering machine; answer phone