recall; recall factor; recall ratio
iron hammer; crushing blow
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
changing from free to paid (e.g. a service); starting to charge
impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
rule; reign; government; governing
lawless area; lawless district
civilized person; civilized people
(philosophy of) not rocking the boat; (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
no need to finish what you're saying; say no more; I can guess the rest already
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
scattered; separated; dispersed
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
self-interest; selfish desire; greed
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during