collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
complete change; about-face
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
resentment; indignation; anger
very; much; greatly; a lot of
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sudden change; complete change
anonymity; using an assumed name
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to not believe one's ears
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to take off one's glasses
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
standard; set; routine; decided
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion