faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
it is not (like that) either
book; volume; this; present; main; head
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
in succession; one after another
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
indeed; really; truly; very much
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline