cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
storehouse; warehouse; godown
digitization; digitalization
character information; character data; textual data
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
eccentric; crank; oddball
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
direct connection; direct link
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
inclination; tendency; nature; character
one's own child; one's own children
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
living person; the living
in succession; one after another
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely