odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
great war; great battle; world war
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
tendency; trend; inclination
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
postwar period; period after Second World War
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
craving; longing; thirsting
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
form of verse; verse form; poetic form
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
action; operation; effect; function
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
that's the way it is; such is life
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
of course; certainly; naturally
to be needed; to be wanted
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
our country; our land; one's own country
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
essay on poetry; theory of poetry
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard