admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
sympathy; compassion; pity
secret; private; surreptitious
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
living thing; living creature; animal; life
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
the ways of the world; human nature
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
business world; business circles; (the) industry
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
every month; each month; monthly
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
debt collection; debt collector
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
unapproved; lack of approval
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
speech; expression; wording; language