(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
how; in what way; by what means
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
one-by-one; separately; in detail
what's what; heads or tails
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
sincere; honest; faithful
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
determination; resolution
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to make a speech; to address
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
outsider; someone outside of a group
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)