patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
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
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
recovery; undoing; recall
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
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
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
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
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
with a click; with a snap
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
loveable; very likeable; like very much