van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
early on; earlier on; from early
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
world; society; people; the public
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
point in question (at issue)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to have a talk; to tell a story
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
assertion; declaration; affirmation
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
(social) position; status
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
as if nothing had happened
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much