walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to take away; to carry away
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
contemplation; meditation
nightlife districts; drinking districts
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
to put into effect; to put into practice
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
carnivore; carnivorous animal
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; means
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree