sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
drop (e.g. of water); drip
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
preliminary step; first step
nowadays; in this day and age
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
(not) so much; (not) that much
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
family; relatives; dependents; household
showing one's face in public; facing another person
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
there is no way that ...; easy; simple