it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
colour; color; hue; tints
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
university student; college student
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
generation; the world; the age
a round; a turn; going around; first anniversary of a person's death
billow; surge; large wave
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
dignity; majesty; sanctity
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
post-war recovery; post-war reconstruction
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
beginning (of a century, etc.)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
historic; historical; traditional
sanctuary; reserve (for wild animals); nature preserve
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)