compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
in the same way as; just like
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
out of bounds; beyond the pale
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
beyond that point; after that
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
unidentified mysterious animal
will; testament; last request
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
just because; even if; even though
putting into operation; invocation
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to run about; to rush about
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
defeat; loss; reverse; setback