point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
finally; in the end; on top of all that
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
considerably; greatly; a lot
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
perfect; complete; flawless
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
journal; magazine; periodical
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
preparation; provision; guarding
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
episode; anecdote; vignette
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that