to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
not caring; not giving a damn
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
function; facility; faculty; feature
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to go out and away; to leave
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
offense; offence; method of attack
recompense; indemnity; atonement
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed