sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to go out and away; to leave
comfort; consolation; diversion
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
outsider; someone outside of a group
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to take flight; to disappear
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
one's family (home) background (environment)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
unqualified; without qualifications
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person