natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
long time; long interval; for quite some time
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
parting; separation; farewell
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
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
yoke; constraints; oppression
the ocean; the great deep
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
inundation; submersion; flood
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
funeral; burial; condolence
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)