to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to perform; to play; to act
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
something like ...; something called ...
shady online money-making
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
two classes; double; two sets
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
sharp increase; sudden rise
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to have a reason; to have an excuse
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
as you see; as you can see
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
possibility of participation; participation possibility
political asylum; political exile
in history; ever; historical