subleader; assistant leader
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
sympathy; compassion; pity
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to throw into; to toss into
with a friendly grin; smilingly
mask; disguise; guise; mask
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
true character; real nature
to beat to death; to kill
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be at a loss for words
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
main question; real issue at hand
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
instead; but (on the other hand)