atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
resignation; acceptance; consolation
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to have an eye on; to zero in on
neutralizer; neutraliser; counteractive; antidote
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
postwar period; period after Second World War