sanity; consciousness; soberness
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
by sheer strength; by brute force
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
posture; position; stance
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
life and death; life or death
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
influential person; man of importance
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to be infected; to be contagious
postwar period; period after Second World War
everybody; every last one of them; all
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
such; like that; that sort of
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to not believe one's ears
total energy; all efforts
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
young girl; lass; adolescent female
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
living thing; living creature; animal; life
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd