patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
to push aside; to brush aside
to thrust away; to send flying
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
piece of cake; a walk in the park
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
family; members of a family
recovery; undoing; recall
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly