to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to wring the neck; to strangle
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
rental apartment; block of rented apartments
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to rebuild; to reconstruct
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious