to try all possible means
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
indiscriminately; recklessly
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
role; part; job; assignment
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
cold; coldness; chilliness
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
one by one; one each; one at a time
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
day after day; day by day
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
happy memory; sweet memory
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
sundry; various; assorted
at first; initially; in the beginning
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...