the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
too much; excessively; too
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
euphemism; euphemistic expression
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to look the other way; to hush up a problem
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
everything working out as desired
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery