the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to begin talking; to open up
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
outside world; physical world
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
separation; farewell; parting
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to grimace; to make a wry face
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
private affairs; personal matter
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
pointing out; identification
private tutor; coach; governess
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
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
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of