obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
area of holiday homes; area of villas
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
testimony; (verbal) evidence
great cause; moral law; justice
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
living room (Western style); sitting room
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
right in the middle (of); midst; height
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.); to all gather together
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
being bad at conversation; poor conversationalist; poor talker