exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
hard struggle; strenuous effort
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
inheritance; succession to property
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to cause someone to worry
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
error; mistake; slip; bug
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
effect; result; worth; use; avail
optimist; easy-going person
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
plain; plateau; tableland
female friend; woman friend
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of