or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
men and women of all ages
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
every person; every mouth; every entrance
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
race (of people); type of person
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
no, not like that (but like this)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
family; members of a family
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
rather; better; instead; if anything
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
silence (not speaking); muteness
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
after a long time; for the first time in a while
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged