custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
life or death; existence; destiny
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
small number; few; minority
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
ago; since; before; previous
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
witnessing; observing; sighting
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
unnatural death; violent death
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
whole story; full picture; full particulars
tattling; telling on (someone)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
proposal; proposition; suggestion
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes