doing whatever one pleases
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
walking around at night; night travel; night train
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
word game; wordplay; playing with words
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
book; volume; this; present; main; head
name; title; designation; fame; reputation
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
state of mind; mentality; psychology
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself