irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
reality; actuality; hard fact
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
sooner or later; in time; eventually
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
trend of the times; way things are going
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
this mountain; this temple
directions; instructions; orders; command
reason; cause; history; origin
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
unprecedented; never seen before
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
any more; any further; any better; any longer
questions and answers; dialogue
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful