insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to fan; to incite; to instigate
by your leave; with your permission
food and drink; eating and drinking
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
control board; control panel; console
clanging; empty; deserted
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
to have the memory of having done something oneself
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to move forward; to move on
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
interruption; suspension; break
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
motive power; driving force
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
self-torturing; masochistic
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)