to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
anything and everything; just about everything
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
and yet; though; when; in spite of
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
living thing; living creature; animal; life
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
intelligence; intellect; brains
really; truly; indeed; good grief
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
vitality; (one's) life force
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage