shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
distress; wretched condition
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
training wheels; stabilizers
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to nip (something) in the bud
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
last night; yesterday evening
several minutes; a few minutes
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
intermission (between acts); interlude
memories; recollections; reminiscence
origin; source; beginning; starting point
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
mental; spiritual; emotional
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration