promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
private interests; personal interests
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
reset; fresh start; new beginning
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
way (of doing); manner; method; means
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland