sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to get out of bed; to show a leg
tenement house; row house
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
rational; reasonable; logical
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
property; fortune; assets
labor; labour; manpower; working force
just because; even if; even though
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
loser; defeated person; the defeated
last days; the end; one's fate
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
odds and ends; all; every
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
hunting ground; hunting preserve
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful