to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
advance; moving forward; progress
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
action; operation; effect; function
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
letter; missive; note; mail
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to spend time (on doing something)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember