admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
secret; private; surreptitious
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
living thing; living creature; animal; life
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
the ways of the world; human nature
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to be common (of people); to be found everywhere
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
business world; business circles; (the) industry
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
every month; each month; monthly
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
debt collection; debt collector
permission; approval; authorization; license
unapproved; lack of approval
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
money problems; financial issues
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
speech; expression; wording; language