change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to change (one's clothes)
moment by moment; hour by hour
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
day after day; day by day
particularly; only; in the case of
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
interruption; suspension; break
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme