euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to take back; to recapture
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
such ... as; or some such
please; somehow or other; one way or another
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
how; in what way; by what means
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
contemplation; meditation
disorder; chaos; confusion
indiscriminate terror; indiscriminate terrorism
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to have meaning; to be meaningful
offender; criminal; culprit
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage