collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to be excited; to be elated
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to fall off; to tumble down
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
counter for chairs or seats
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to cling tearfully to (someone)
by all means; by all costs
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to fall on one's backside
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to become dim; to become blurred
to pluck; to pick; to tear
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket