thousands; several thousand
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
already; now; no longer; not any more
the front; honest; upright; decent
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to shave off; to scrape off
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
even more; still more; further
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
they; those guys; those fellows
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
several hundred; hundreds (of)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
regret; repentance; remorse
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness