to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to hand over; to surrender
take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
huge rock; firmness; solidity
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
combination; union; binding; bond
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
vicious circle; vicious cycle
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
origin; source; beginning; starting point
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
craving; longing; thirsting
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to toady; to be obsequious
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
few decades; many decades; several decades
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)