to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to subsist; to keep on living
reset; fresh start; new beginning
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
preface; introduction; preamble
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
unqualified; without qualifications
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
roadside tree; row of trees