to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
root; source; origin; cause
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
to shout (in anger); to yell