substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
return of something; repayment
release; liberation; acquittal
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
existence; possession; having; limited company
left-hand radical of a character
hedge; fence; border; limit
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
drama; play; powerful drug
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
assertion; declaration; affirmation
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
secret; private; surreptitious
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says