knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
general idea; concept; notion
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
interference; meddling; butting in
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
strong pressure; heavy pressure
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
putting out the light; switching off the light
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
two classes; double; two sets
drama; theatre; theater; play
show; exhibition; spectacle
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to yearn for; to pine for
last days; the end; one's fate