direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
outline; summary; gist; in brief
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
period of time; time slot; time zone
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to jar; to creak; to grate
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge