boastful speech; bragging
the senses; sensuality; carnality
scene; sight; scenario; setting
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
skim reading; skipping through text
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
to be found; to be discovered
posterity; future life; life to come
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
to finish reading; to read through
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
book; volume; this; present; main; head
just managing; with great difficulty
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
war; fighting; fierce competition
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to apologize; to apologise
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
historical records; historical materials
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty