union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
noisy; confused; uproarious
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to be silent; to say nothing
close; intimate; on good terms
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
war; fighting; fierce competition
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
to be conspicuous; to stand out
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)