double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
impassioned speech; fervent speech
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
distinction; differentiation; classification
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
the same generation; coeval
extensive knowledge; erudition
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to talk (a person) down; to confute
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to come to depend on someone's kindness
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
police officer; policeman; policewoman