theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
service status (of a public transport line)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to feel a chill run down one's spine
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
proposal; motion; recommendation
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
superiority; predominance
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
concession; conciliation; compromise
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
society; the world; the times
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse