ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
superiority complex; sense of superiority
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
investigator; one who seeks the way
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
spare time; free time; leisure time
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to go out and away; to leave
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence