to be cleared of a charge
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
to cross the line; to go too far
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
dukedom; duchy; principality
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
proof-of-concept; demonstration experiment; verification test
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to have a relationship; to have relations
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
association of like-minded people
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small
short pause; short interval
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes