tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
older brother; elder brother
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
in comparison to; rather than
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
grasp; catch; understanding
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
in the end; at the end of the day
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to make sense; to be meaningful
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in