natural phenomenon (phenomena)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to have a talk; to tell a story
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
professor; teaching; instruction
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
way of talking; speaking style
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
way of reciting; way of telling a story
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
white (complexion); fair-skinned
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to be transparent; to show through
difficult to ...; hard to ...
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle