painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to subsist; to keep on living
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
... years old; age (of) ...
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
bored; having nothing to do; idle
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)