calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
imagination; supposition; guess
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
already; now; no longer; not any more
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
something like ...; something called ...
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
reality; actuality; hard fact
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to