police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
just managing; with great difficulty
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
rope; cord; policeman's rope
a second time; again; once more; twice
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
dismissal; sacking; discharge
Zürich (Switzerland); Zurich
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
encouragement; incentive; stimulus
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
only; merely; but; no more than
removal of stitches; removal of sutures
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform