rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
in the same way as; just like
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
annotation; explanatory note; comment
surroundings; environs; circumference
distortion; falsification; perversion
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome
common people; ordinary people; masses
negotiations; discussions; connection
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
natural; reasonable; understandable
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
without; unless; have to do
to subsist; to keep on living
thousands; several thousand
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)