useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
exactly as stated; verbatim
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
while; even though; despite
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
it's no joke; gimme a break!
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation