luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
(period of) a year; during an era
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
this (very thing); this precisely
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be exhausted; to be tired out
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
armed forces; military; troops
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough