story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
person of common sense; common sense man
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
to defy conventional wisdom
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
chicken tender; chicken tenderloin
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
fortune-telling; divination
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
hot topic; talk of the town
casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
composite; combined; complex
line; queue; procession; matrix
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
out-of-school; off-campus
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
argument based on personal impressions
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine