term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to telephone; to make a phone call
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
choices; alternatives; options
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
mixed race; mixed parentage
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
eccentric; crank; oddball
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to call a person's attention (to)
concession; conciliation; compromise
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
great man; great god; hero; big man
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.