stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
study; pursuit of knowledge
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
hey there; I say; see here
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
life imprisonment; life sentence
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
one's post; place of work; workplace
employment (long term); hire
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
surroundings; environs; circumference
homosexuality; homosexual love