difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
ruler; monarch; sovereign
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
two (long cylindrical things)
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience
ideological offense; crime of espousing dangerous ideas; political crime; ideological offender; thought crime
political offence; political offense
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
(in) his way; peculiar to him
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
endurance; perseverance; patience
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
scrupulous; careful; meticulous
one's (official) authority; power
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
eccentric; crank; oddball
smoky; awkward; ill at ease