different person; another person; someone else; changed man
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
anything and everything; just about everything
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
matter of time; question of time
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to get one's head around; to think about
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
poor physical health; bad shape
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to let out a cry; to break forth
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to collapse into; to flop onto
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed