approval; license; licence; permission
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
contradiction; inconsistency
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
contrived; false-sounding
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
heating; application of heat
how others look at you; what others think about you
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
emotional strength; force of will
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
boy; son; baby boy; young man
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
curious onlookers; rubbernecks