-less; lacking; non-existing
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
and yet; though; when; in spite of
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
small number; few; minority
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
riskiness; (level of) danger
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
simple honesty; tactless frankness
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on