meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to try to do; to attempt to do
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
to remove; to move out of the way
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to toss away; to throw out
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
to listen again; to ask again
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
violent explosion; bursting
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke