to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
one part; one portion; one section
just because; even if; even though
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
gifted (person); intellectual giftedness
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
speech; expression; wording; language
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
way of reciting; way of telling a story
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
matters that should be reflected on; points in need of review
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
smoking area; smoking corner
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
emergency exit light; guide light