to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
audience (with a person of high standing)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
reigning; controlling; dictating
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
control; management (e.g. of a business)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
divorce; dissolution of adoption
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
rewinding (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
to trace back to (the origins of something)
to accept; to receive; to agree
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
epidemic; plague; pestilence
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case