poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
not to be depended on; of little hope
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
all you have to do is; just; that's all
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
proposal; offer; request; application
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
that's the way it is; such is life
increase in basic salary; bear; bare
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part