connection; link; relationship
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show