to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to knit one's brows; to frown
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
beautification; glorification
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
cheating heart; temptation to cheat on one's partner
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
service status (of a public transport line)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to feel a chill run down one's spine
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
proposal; motion; recommendation
superiority; predominance
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
society; the world; the times
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
late at night; at a late hour
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually