to talk; to chat; to chatter
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
you could say that; that might be so
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to squeeze out; to wring out
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
clearly; distinctly; vividly
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
darkness of the night; black of night; dead of night
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
no, not like that (but like this)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
to be able to manage somehow or other
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...