to be palatable; to suit one's taste
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
ability; capability; skill
rule; reign; government; governing
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
agricultural administration
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
professor; teaching; instruction
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
modesty; humility; being humble
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
maintenance; preservation; improvement
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
reform; reformation; reorganization
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
funny story; funny anecdote
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
near; close; beside; third person
over-fond parent; doting parent
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
wonderful; splendid; magnificent