chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
every person; each one; everybody
personification; impersonation; embodiment
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
setting off (on a trip); departure
worldly affairs; ways of the world
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
order; sequence; procedure
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
site; point on a map; spot
same generation; one's generation
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to shave off; to scrape off
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
the deceased; the departed
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis