duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
several times (as large, over)
dozens; scores of; decades
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
emotional strength; force of will
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
this is why; this means; it is the case that
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
sublime; noble; high-minded
premature death; untimely death; dying young
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
up in a tree; in the trees
to leap back; to jump back
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)