welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
president (of a society); chairman
clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
injury; inflicting bodily injury
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
woman; female; feminine gender
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to threaten; to make threats
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to take a breath; to take a short rest
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner