to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
deep emotion; strong feelings
sentiment; sentimentality
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
perception; sensing; noticing
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to order; to command; to appoint
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
long (time that has passed); old (story)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to fall flat; to fall face down
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
unselfish; selfless; disinterested