calculation; self-interest; selfishness
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
self-consciousness; self-awareness
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
by myself; in person; by oneself
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
(death from) starvation; starving to death
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession