to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
combination; union; binding; bond
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to torment; to torture; to harass
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
to move forward; to move on
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen