to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
progress; advance; improvement; development
retrogression; degeneration; deterioration
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orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
question; inquiry; enquiry
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to be surprised; to be astonished
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
social unrest; public anxiety
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
the real world; reality; the actual world
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate