devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
connection; link; relationship
just because; even if; even though
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
not caring; not giving a damn
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
that day; the very same day
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations