(crime of) contempt of court
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
(issuing) order requiring somebody to report personally (to a police station); subpoena
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
promiscuous woman; wanton girl
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
life imprisonment; life sentence
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
to put to trial; to argue in court
serious crime; grave crime
official document; archives
Nichole; Nicholl; Nicol; Nicoll; Nicolle
certain evidence; definite evidence
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
homosexuality; homosexual love
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
deportation; expulsion from the country
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
whenever you want; any time you like
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
newspaper reporter; print journalist
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days