drowning; flood; shipwreck
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
one lump; one body; one group
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
to be in the spotlight; to come into focus (of attention); to come into the spotlight
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to
supporting role (actor); minor role
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
outline; summary; gist; basic points
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
and; thereupon; because of that
original author (of a work)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
by chance; coincidentally; as it happens
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
poor physical health; bad shape
to become pale; to turn pale
anyone can see that; it's obvious that