pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down