house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
abuse; misuse; perversion
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
superstition; superstitious belief
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
how long; how much; to what extent
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
even though; despite; when
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
settlement; solution; resolution
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
overhasty; rash; premature
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
decision; settlement; definition
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
school building; schoolhouse
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
some people; a few people; several people
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew