the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
must not; should not; do not
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
honour; honor; glory; privilege
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
starvation; famine; hunger
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to be too numerous; to be too much
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
difficult to ...; hard to ...
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward