group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to jar; to creak; to grate
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
audience; spectator; spectators
silence; stillness; quietness
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
distrust of (other) human beings
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)