journal; magazine; periodical
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
occupation; calling; livelihood
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
firm; strong; solid; stable
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
at that time; in those days
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
article; news story; report; account
sympathy; empathy; response
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
depravity; corruption; degradation
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to lose sight of; to miss
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
I don't want to boast but
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication