retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
materials; data; document
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
victim; injured party; sufferer
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
decoration; ornament; trimmings