miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to accept; to receive; to agree
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
beginning; outset; first; onset
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little