to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
by means of; due to; because of; according to
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
(giving) instruction; initiation
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to not believe one's ears
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
royal castle; imperial castle
beyond that point; after that
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street