neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
persecution complex; paranoia
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
as if nothing had happened
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
to be softened; to calm down
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to wave a flag; to show the way
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
round; spherical; circular
split; division; break up
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
unskilled labor; simple labor; menial job
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
piling up; multiple layers
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
cross; crossed; cruciform
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)