growth;  development;  growing up;  growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
 to extend;  to stretch out;  to attend;  to participate in;  to enrol;  to enroll
 dangling;  hanging;  suspended;  pending;  half done;  in limbo
 to throw away as useless;  to scrap;  to make null and void;  to renege;  to annul
 keeping alive longer;  prolonging life;  life extension;  life-support
 qualifications;  requirements;  capabilities
 to tie;  to fasten;  to wear (necktie, belt);  to put on;  to total;  to sum;  to be strict with
 lie;  fib;  mistake;  error;  unwise move;  bad decision
 lie;  falsehood;  fiction;  fabrication
 to carry on one's shoulder;  to shoulder;  to bear;  to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.);  to take upon oneself
 middle;  centre;  center;  midpoint;  heart
 to perceive;  to understand
 to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room);  to be confined in;  to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.);  to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.);  to be heavy with (e.g. smoke);  to be muffled (e.g. voice);  to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
 to boil up;  to come to the boil;  to arise;  to break out;  to get excited;  to be in uproar
 being startled, surprised or afraid;  panic;  trepidation
 strong-minded;  strong-willed;  having great willpower
 misunderstanding;  misapprehension;  false impression;  to be mistaken;  to have the wrong idea
 to come near;  to let someone approach;  to bring near;  to bring together;  to deliver (opinion, news, etc.);  to send (e.g. a letter);  to let someone drop by
 because ...;  for ...;  the reason being ...;  as for ...;  when it comes to ...;  regarding ...
 hogging;  having all to oneself;  monopolising;  monopolizing
 sad;  miserable;  unhappy;  sad;  lamentable;  deplorable
 to complete decisively;  to do to completion
 reservation;  putting on hold;  deferment
 in proportion to;  just as much as
 to reward;  to recompense;  to repay;  to retaliate;  to get revenge
 to swear;  to vow;  to take an oath;  to pledge
 calmly;  quietly;  gently;  be quiet!
 evening deepens into night;  the night wears on;  night advances
 end;  tip;  end (of the year, month, etc.);  close;  youngest child;  descendants;  offspring
 pardon;  forgiveness;  tolerance;  leniency;  mercy;  going easy (on someone)
 just right (time, size, length, etc.)
 departure (of a train, car, etc.);  starting;  leaving
 to shake;  to jolt;  to rock (cradle);  to swing
 debauched;  lewd;  lascivious;  lecherous;  salacious;  wild
 public (facilities, service, etc.);  communal
 please;  somehow or other;  one way or another
 habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice);  tendency;  peculiarity;  idiosyncrasy;  crease;  wrinkle