painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
number one; first; best; most; game; round
impossible; unlikely; improbable
choices; alternatives; options
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
selection; choice; option
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
just above; right overhead
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
dirty work; unpleasant task
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
such; like that; that sort of; very
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(some) more; even more; longer; further
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to