giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
single word; a few words; brief comment
wherein; therein; thereinto
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
unanticipated; unexpected
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
chill; the shivers; shivering fit