encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
stale; hackneyed; cliched
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
family; members of a family
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to squeeze out; to wring out
reason for being; raison d'être
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
repentance; confession; penitence
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault