far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
active; dynamic; energetic
social life; social intercourse
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
you could say; you might say; verging on the
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
postwar period; period after Second World War
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
originally; by nature; from the start
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
one's possessions; ownership
three-digit number; hundreds column
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
symbol; code; sign; notation
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
direct connection; direct link
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
many; numerous; various; large number of
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...