while; during; while; although; all; both
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
like this; in this way; as you see
by myself; in person; by oneself
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
personal; individual; private
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
when it becomes; when it comes to
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
at first; in the beginning; originally
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
branch; branch office; subdivision
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together