labor; labour; toil; hardship
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
love affair; love relationship
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
midway; halfway through; in the course of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
as you see; as you can see
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
personal; individual; private
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
society; the world; the times
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
disclosure; exposure; revelation
(social) position; status
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
eccentric; crank; oddball
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker