downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
filtration; filtering; percolation
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
trouble; quarrel; dispute
state funeral; national funeral
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
proper; right; reasonable
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
world; society; people; the public
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
not permitting; not authorizing
expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)
alma mater clique; old school tie
concentrated fire; intense criticism
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
early on; earlier on; from early
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
agricultural experiment station
ceremony; celebration; law code
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden