regret; repentance; remorse
library (usu. single-room); small library
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
disturbance; riot; mayhem
new government; new administration
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
constrained; uncomfortable; awkward
innocence; being not guilty
literally; to the letter; literal
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
bravery; heroism; gallantry
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
storehouse; warehouse; godown
collection of books; (personal) library