drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
imprisonment; incarceration
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
affidavit; deposition; testimony
to die; to lay down life's burden
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
in this manner; in this way; like this
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
such; like that; in that way
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
wheat straw; barley straw
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
expansion; swelling; increase; growth