discipline; punishment; reprimand
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
making practical; making useful; implementing
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
next generation; future generation
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
viewing as a problem; problematizing
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
celebration of a child's seventh day
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to try all possible means
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
end of a road; end of a street
speech; expression; wording; language
good family; better-class home
sons and daughters; children; girl
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
considerably; fairly; quite