impossible; unlikely; improbable
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
wedded life; married life
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
in the end; at the end of the day
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
children's story; fairy tale
outline; summary; argument
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
front entrance; front door
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive