absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
with a start; with a jump
curse; spell; malediction
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
blighted love; disappointed love
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
compelling force; legal force
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
hereabouts; around there; that area
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
failure; mistake; blunder
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to stay (at); to stop (at)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed