top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
each time it happens; at all such times
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to run about; to rush about
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
sense of loss; feeling of loss
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
recollection; reminiscence
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to open (one's eyes) wide
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
group; bunch; crowd; group