splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to turn completely into; to become completely
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
impassioned speech; fervent speech
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to capture; to seize; to plunder
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
this (very thing); this precisely
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
recovery; rescue; recapture
revival; restoration; resuscitation
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen