large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
different opinion; objection
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
24th day of the month; 24 days
declaration; statement; proclamation
Salman Rushdie (British novelist)
fatwa; legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
drinking habit; drinking problem; intemperance
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
overconfident; presumptuous
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
body and soul; mind and body
to get tired out; to be exhausted