treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to remove; to get rid of; to clear away; to tear down
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to spit out; to eject; to dump
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
distant look; faraway look
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
young; innocent; childlike
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very