handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
author; writer; novelist; artist
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
desperately; for one's dear life
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to indicate; to show; to point to
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
preface; introduction; preamble
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
menial; meanness; servility; abject
whispering into a person's ear
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
consequently; as a result
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to give a round of applause; to applaud
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it