accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
news; word; tidings; omen
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to surround; to crowd around
that is to say; so that means
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
burning at the stake; burning to death
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
recovery after childbirth; growth (of a child)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
book; volume; this; present; main; head
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into