affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
everything; anything; nothing
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
society; the world; the times
to be able to manage somehow or another
something like ...; something called ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
dealing with; coping with
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to accept; to receive; to agree
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort