cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
decorum; propriety; politeness
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
general idea; concept; notion
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
convenient; handy; useful
huh; I'll be damned; well!
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
how much; how many; however
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
harm; injury; evil (influence)
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
the same; the said; likewise
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to brave a danger; to take a risk
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
red flame; (solar) prominence
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
for example; for instance; e.g.
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
everybody; every last one of them; all
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be