inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
looks; features; (personal) appearance
indirection; indirectness
indiscretion; bad idea; thoughtlessness; indiscreetness
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
... years old; age (of) ...
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
will not do; do not; does not
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
half and half; fifty-fifty
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
period of youth; while young
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial
(walking) stick; cane; wand
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker