to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
taking one's lover to a hotel
threefold; folded in three
sudden impulse; passing fancy
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
cloche (hat); cloche (domed cover)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
early detection (of an illness)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
to rearrange; to resequence
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
piece of meat; cut of meat
postwar period; period after Second World War
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)