human relations; personal relationships
serious; severe; grave; acute
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to pack an assortment of goods, etc.
quarrel; dispute; argument
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that is to say; so that means
to pass (of time); to elapse
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
internal organs; intestines; viscera
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
use; utilization; utilisation; application
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to crouch; to squat; to cower