obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
offense; offence; crime; punishment
acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
country; territory; domain; realm
current administration; present government
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
morality; moral principles
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
because of; owing to; due to
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
democracy; democratic system of government
private; recruit; aircraftman; seaman
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
process; course; mechanism
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
depravity; corruption; degradation
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless