worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to face; to go towards; to head towards
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
solitude; loneliness; isolation
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
finishing blow; coup de grâce
vitality; (one's) life force
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to torment; to torture; to harass
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
cannot be compared with; no match for
such ... as; or some such
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
hereabouts; around there; that area
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake