having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
process; course; mechanism
many people; a large number of people
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
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)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
genuine; authentic; true; real
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to blame; to find fault with
sense of loss; feeling of loss