to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
tradition; legend; folklore
material ejected during a volcanic eruption (cinders, scoria, etc.)
eruption; volcanic eruption
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
natural disaster; cataclysm
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
appearance; figure; shape; form
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
heaven and earth; top and bottom
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to go ahead; to pull ahead
alone; by oneself; on one's own
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong
(appropriate for) one's age
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to stare back at; to look back at
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to watch steadily; to stare
talk about divorce or separation
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to be imaginable; to be conceivable