crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
association of like-minded people
will not do; do not; does not
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
almost every day; almost daily
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
clear; precise; definite; distinct
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block