(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to decide; to determine; to judge
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
internal conditions; true state of affairs
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
difficult to ...; hard to ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to serve; to work for; to attend
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to spread; to be propagated
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink