company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to pick up; to find; to gather
general; popular; common; typical
mental image; mental picture; image
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
sympathy; empathy; response
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
squad leader; group leader; team leader
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
near oneself; close to one; familiar
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
preface; introduction; preamble
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
personal; individual; private
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
banquet or reception hall
government service; the bureaucracy
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
speaking voice; talking voice
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification