home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
anything and everything; just about everything
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to be badly made; to fail
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on