I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
another; different; separate; discrete
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
command; lead; generalship; leadership
early (days); initial stage; initial
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
key person; important person
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
proposal; offer; request; application
depending on; dependent on
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
right (to do something); authority; power
transfer; assignment; conveyance
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
(doing something) in tears
if so; in that case; in that situation
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
forcibly; against one's will
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included