the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
taking care of one's sexual urges; sexual gratification
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
cooperation; collaboration
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen