blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
surrounding at a distance
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
production (e.g. play); direction
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
evil spirit; demon; devil
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
in the end; at the end of the day
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
beforehand; in advance; previously
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
selection; choice; picking out
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to throw at; to turn; to raise
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
field; sports stadium; arena
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
in case of; at that time; at this time
mediator; manager; caretaker
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
comfort; consolation; diversion