old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to snap; to break (under pressure)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
the same generation; coeval
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
in the course of one's duties
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to steal or sneak or slip into
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic