to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
individual; private person; personal; natural person
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
to express (in words); to confess
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
unique; peculiar; singular
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
because of; owing to; due to
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
unspecified large number (of people)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
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
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
log; log; logarithm; log (tree trunk or branch); logbook (of a ship or aircraft); log (device for measuring the speed of a ship)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
society; public; community; social studies
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
emotional wall; internal barrier
anyone; any person; whoever