taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
way of reciting; way of telling a story
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
firm; strong; solid; stable
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
that's the way it is; such is life
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
resignation; acceptance; consolation
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
if so; in that case; in that situation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to be kind to; to treat kindly
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel