prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to stop walking; to pause
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to stare back at; to look back at
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
back street; back alley; off-street
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to steal a kiss; to snatch a kiss
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
way out; means to escape; escape route
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid