I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to cease; to stop; to be over
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
the same generation; coeval
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
place to die; place of death
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
offender; criminal; culprit
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
both hands; both arms; ten
patterns of thinking; train of thought
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
big leakage; uncontained leak
wherein; therein; thereinto
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
grudge; complaint; reproach
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
want to ... do something; would like to ...