reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
small number; few; minority
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
the right person in the right place
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
back street; back alley; off-street
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
good-looking; fair; beautiful
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
personification; impersonation; embodiment
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
snail's pace; slow progress
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to become famous; to gain fame
to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
one's own property; possessions
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
utmost limits; extremity; limit
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation