junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
negative emotions; negative feelings
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to take away; to carry off
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
with these words; while saying
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
favorite sword; cherished sword
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
prospects of victory; chances of success
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
subordination; dependency
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively