effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
duty; obligation; responsibility
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
close; intimate; on good terms
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
as before; as ever; as it was originally
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
long-established; old-established; traditional
investment; contribution; financing
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
victim; injured party; sufferer
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
anything and everything; just about everything
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
secret; private; surreptitious
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to have a talk; to tell a story
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
this world; this life; world of the living
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly