blur; blurred; indistinct
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to be smeared; to be covered
being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for)
tapestry; wall hanging; banner
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
Palme d'Or (highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival)
heart transplant operation
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
the angry young men (group of playwrights and novelists)
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
police force; police squad
common use; communal use; sharing
student accommodation; student dormitory
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
motive power; driving force