to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
since when; from when; how long
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
willpower; energy; vitality
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
ultimate; final; last; eventual
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
preference; priority; precedence
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to concern; to be related
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
life; living; I; me; student
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
probability; likelihood; chances
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to grimace; to make a wry face
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt