to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
this world; this life; world of the living
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
serious accident; major incident
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
route; way; course; directions
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
stack; pushdown list; pushdown stack; stuck
to keep a watchful eye on
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
skill; dexterity; master hand
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
many; numerous; various; large number of
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
destruction; collapse; crumbling
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention