certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
scoundrel; rascal; villain
just because; even if; even though
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
instead; but (on the other hand)
promising without due consideration
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
neighbourhood; neighborhood
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to be tired of looking at
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into