audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
rope; cord; policeman's rope
last night; yesterday evening
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
high spirits; boastful talk
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to try to do; to attempt to do