thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
older brother and younger sister
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
behaviour; behavior; conduct
thought; consideration; thinking
to fight against; to oppose; to face
since then; from that time; ever since
conferring of decorations
pride; boast; credit (to)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
payment of debts; repayment
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
finding employment; getting a job
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
clumsy; unskillful; bungling; poor; bad
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition