remaining silent; keeping secret
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
established fact; fait accompli
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
boy; son; baby boy; young man
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)