to be forward; to be impertinent
form; shape; figure; visage
to gather; to collect; to assemble
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
chair; stool; post; office; position
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
command; lead; generalship; leadership
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
expression; presentation; representation; notation
schoolgirl; female student
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
such ... as; or some such
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
and; thereupon; because of that
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss