stylish; smart; chic; (arch.) conceited; (arch.) cheeky
sad; wretched; deplorable
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
thoroughly; through and through
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
at a moment's notice; readily
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
large number (of); many; majority
casualties; the killed and wounded
the real criminal; true culprit
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
war; battle; match; game; competition
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings