proposal; offer; request; application
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
while; during (the time when)
with a click; with a snap
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
because of; owing to; due to
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
independence; self-reliance
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
cooperation; collaboration