mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to toady; to be obsequious
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
outside the country; abroad
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion