pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
for the first time in one's life
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
life; living; I; me; student
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
living thing; organism; creature; biology
everything; anything; nothing
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
nonchalant air; unruffled air
one by one; in detail; minutely
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
had better ...; had better not ...