plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
art of self-defense (defence)
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to repent; to be penitent
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
number of words; vocality
to stop talking; to be silent
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
making one's way through life; conduct of one's life
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
enlightenment; instruction
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to have an uneasy conscience
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
to be forward; to be impertinent
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
house search (e.g. by the police)
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to appoint; to assign; to designate
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability