break away from convention

have/keep a level/a cool head(keep one's head; as cool as a cucumber; without haste or confusion; be calm and unruffled)

be heartless

all is common(be on very intimate terms; with no distinction between what is one's own and what is another's)

consider oneself unexcelled in the world

not leanin to the left or to the right

The city is besieged by enemy troops.

accept while pretending to refuse(half yield and half deny; half willing(at heart)and half unwilling(in appearence))

bewail the times and pity the people

no two ways about it(The die is cast.)

be thoroughly removed

unfit to be seen

waste natural products

as opposite as ice and charcoal

showing great politeness

full of ills and troubles

behave badly(in a state of dishonour)

be difficult to cope with(be very embarrassing)

trail along behind others

retain what is old and outworn