strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to gather; to collect; to assemble
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to govern; to manage; to subdue
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
man; male; masculine gender
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
underestimation; undervaluation
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to be smeared; to be covered
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
explanation; interpretation
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
place; situation; position; location
maid; helper; help; assistance
to have the privilege of doing
sense of caution; wariness
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole