witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft); witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
absorption; suction; attraction
intimidation; threat; bluster
closely-guarded secret; top secret
French Revolution (1789-1799)
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
internal conditions; true state of affairs
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
low tone; bass; low voice
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sense of loss; feeling of loss
moment by moment; hour by hour
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
to sell off; to sell completely
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
as before; as ever; as it was originally
property; fortune; assets
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice