(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
dampness; humidity; moisture
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
straight-laced person; stubborn person
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
influential person; man of importance
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
bright sunshine; broad daylight
desperately; for one's dear life
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
interval; step; pitch; key
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
next; secondly; subsequently
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions