state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
witnessing; observing; sighting
testimony; (verbal) evidence
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to accept; to receive; to agree
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
authority; power; influence
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
direct descent; direct line
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
contract; compact; agreement
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into