increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
to name; to call; to christen; to term
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
if you think about it; come to think of it
(another person's) younger sister
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
history of; experience of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
Mister Donut (fast food franchise)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
waste of time; killing time
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous