principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
surely; certainly; without doubt
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to care for someone; to look after someone
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
control; management (e.g. of a business)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
discovery; detection; finding
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
wrong; different; not like that
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst