kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
at a loss for words; stumped for words
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
physical condition; state of health
trivial; not amounting to much
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
very great; enormous; serious
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
most part; greater part; majority
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
each and all; every single one; everybody
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
region; limits; stage; level
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...