exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
disease affecting an entire nation
sons and daughters; children; girl
to take someone's life; to kill someone
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
to drink up; to drain (cup)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to be born; to come into this world
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
little by little; slowly but surely
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
war; fighting; fierce competition
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year