grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to shirk one's responsibility
to be too late; to be too slow
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
wherein; therein; thereinto
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to dry up completely; to become stale
staying behind; remaining; residual
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
one's possessions; ownership
invisibly; secretly; privately
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago