comfort; consolation; diversion
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
cash bonus; reward; bounty
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
one's best interests; one's own good
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
unless one ...; if one does not ...
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to throw into; to toss into
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
homecoming; return to one's home
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
witnessing; observing; sighting
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
pre-war days; before the war
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip