close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
former (incumbent); predecessor
not long has passed since ...
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
control; management (e.g. of a business)
individual; private person; personal; natural person
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to have a talk; to tell a story
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
accidents frequent; accident-prone zone; accident blackspot
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly