nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
official business; public business
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
being adopted into the family of one's bride
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
stranger; tramp; wanderer
all present; all concerned; all of us
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
study; pursuit of knowledge
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
prejudice; bias; distorted view