divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
flip-up; fold-up; tip-up; top-hinged (e.g. window)
clergyman; churchman; clergy
(various) languages; language group; language family
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
ceremony to celebrate the completion of a building; inauguration ceremony
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
throwaway; disposable; single-use
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
consecutive; continuous; successive
to talk the night away; to talk all night
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
Creator (of all things); Maker; God
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul