regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to live; to make a living; to get on with
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
process; course; mechanism
many people; a large number of people
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser