young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
like this; in this way; as you see
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
and then; and so; and; so then
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
any more; any further; any better; any longer
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multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to grow up; to become an adult
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to comfort; to console; to amuse
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
everybody; every last one of them; all
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)