grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
one's opinion on (life and) death
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
way; method; means; resource; course
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to some extent; to a certain extent
independence; self-reliance
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to care for someone; to look after someone
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ago; since; before; previous
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
complementation; supplementation; completion
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
last days; the end; one's fate
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
minimum; at the very least
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to be born; to come into the world