promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
declaration; proclamation; announcement
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
instability; insecurity; crankiness
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to make a lasting impression
settlement; conclusion; summary
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
right beside; close to; nearby
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
a step; short distance; short time
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to go out and away; to leave
alone; by oneself; on one's own
considerably; greatly; a lot
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
number of times; frequency; count
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete