pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
in comparison to; rather than
to be embarrassed; to lose face
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
mass communication; mass media
very important person; VIP
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
self-consciousness; self-awareness
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
headquarters; head office; main office
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to be found; to be discovered
corridor; hallway; passageway
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to mark the end; to spell the end
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
ago; since; before; previous
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
inner structure; internal anatomy
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)