novel; original; new; innovative
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
looking on (somebody) as hostile
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
freedom; free man; free woman
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to look away; to avert one's eyes
judicial power; jurisdiction
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
military spending; military expenditure
restoration; return to health
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
signature; signing; sealing
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name