sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
thick glasses; (lit.) bottle bottom glasses
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
decision; settlement; definition
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to form a group; to form a bunch
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
the whole area; all areas
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)