heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
doing whatever one pleases
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
destruction; collapse; crumbling
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
testimony; (verbal) evidence
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
advocate; proponent; supporter
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
this and that; one thing or another
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
at once; immediately; right now
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
in the same way as; just like
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards