but; however; even though; even if
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
(not) even once; (not) ever
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
way out; means to escape; escape route
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
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
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
frame (of a building); framework; skeleton; (human) body
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
though; notwithstanding; although
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
suddenly; all of a sudden
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)