dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to come back; to return; to recur
emotional strength; force of will
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
manners; behavior; behaviour
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
in that way; like that; that way
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
tedious; boring; being fed up with
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
succession; continuation; series; sequence
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
madness; craziness; insanity
too much; excessively; too
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
(Russian) maritime provinces
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to overdo; to do too much
sanity; consciousness; soberness
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking