silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
off-focus (photography); out of focus; off the mark; off the point; irrelevant
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
a few years ago; some years back
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
25th day of the month; 25 days
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
recompense; indemnity; atonement
mass communication; mass media
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
suspicious-looking; fishy
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far