obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to be born; to come into the world
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
one of these days; someday; one day
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
training; drill; practice; discipline
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly