sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to press a question; to cross-examine
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
tendency; trend; inclination
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
good person; virtuous person
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
work-in-progress; working state
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
average; leveling; levelling
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
to become possible; to become able to (do)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble