(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to beat to death; to kill
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to taste; to savor; to relish
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
innermost depths of one's heart
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
badness; evilness; bad; evil
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
how dare ...; how could ...
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound