bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
property; fortune; assets
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
along the road; along the way
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
how long; how far; how much
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
four (long cylindrical things)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
while; during; performed in this condition
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening