complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to say (something) over one's shoulder
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
both armies; both teams; both sides
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
infectivity; infectious capacity; transmissibility
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
middle of the night; dead of night
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
for the first time in one's life
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
person of high rank or position
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency