to come to one's senses; to calm down
recovery; undoing; recall
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
alternation of generations
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
singing or chanting in unison
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
sense of values; values; value system
to knead thoroughly; to work up; to concoct; to make up
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to bury; to embed; to implant
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch