to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
way; method; means; resource; course
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
how many years; how long; what year
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
remembrance; recollection; recognition
a few years ago; some years back
on the occasion of; at the time of
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
troublesome; annoying; complicated
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum