good young man; agreeable youth
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
personal history; background; career
ability; performance; efficiency
academic journal; learned journal
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to find out; to discover; to locate
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
calming down; quieting down
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
main section (of a newspaper); central column; this newspaper; our paper
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
industrial injury; employment injury
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
system; institution; organization; organisation
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster