to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
the ocean; the great deep
understanding person; supporter
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to call in; to invite; to bring in
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
long ago; previous; of a former age
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
hoarse voice; husky voice
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
ingenuity; resourcefulness
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do