planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
look of death; shadow of death
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to be nearing death; to be dying
reason for being; raison d'être
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(period of) a year; during an era
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to have one's hair stand on end
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to throw at; to turn; to raise
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
every person; each one; everybody
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
one's whole heart; everything one feels
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
thereupon; shortly thereafter
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
have a good day; take care; see you
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness