worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
cannibalism; anthropophagism
headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies
common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea
crack; split; break; fracture
compelling force; legal force
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
bizarre theory; strange theory; wild theory
novel idea; strange theory
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
concession; conciliation; compromise
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
school of popular writing
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
enlightenment; instruction
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
in one's own way or style
this and that; one thing or another
any more; any further; any better; any longer
socialization; socialisation
matter of concern and interest
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question