old couple; elderly couple
robbery and murder; murder during robbery
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
husband and wife; married couple
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
goodness; excellence; virtue
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
brutal (nature); brutality; blood lust; cruelty; ferocity
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
first-degree murder (in US, etc. law)
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
death penalty; capital punishment
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
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
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
ability; capability; competence; skill
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
sense of duty (obligation)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
illegitimate child; secret love child
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
due form; official; formality
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
innocence; being not guilty
secret; private; surreptitious
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
system; institution; organization; organisation
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference