to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to tighten; to press hard
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
true character; true heart; true spirit
sanity; consciousness; soberness
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
fast walking; semi-jogging
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
silence; stillness; quietness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; serenity; quietness
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying