reason; logic; sense; truth; right
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
derailment; digression; deviation
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...