painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
confusion; mixing; merger
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
moment; brief space of time
political climate; political situation
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
serialization; serialisation; serial story
age range; age-group; age bracket
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
one-stroke sketch; unicursal
quickly; swishing; whooshing
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
exaltation; emotional uplift
reading aloud; recitation