cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
half-sibling (with a different mother)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
official document; archives
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be too numerous; to be too much
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
rule; reign; government; governing
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
reform; reformation; reorganization
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished