to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
fiction; fabrication; concoction
mental health; mental hygiene
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to some extent; to a certain extent
strange; rare; novel; curious
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
with a start; with a jump
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
this (very thing); this precisely
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
such; this sort of; like this
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
(shooting up) one after another; (sprouting up) all over the place; (growing) rapidly
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
turning sideways; landscape orientation
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear