to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
something like ...; something called ...
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
to carry out one's mission
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
society; company; the public; the world
usually; under usual circumstances
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
merit (esp. order of merit)
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
loyal heart; loyalty; devotion; fidelity
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
feeling of a house or a room
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
turmoil; chaos; confusion
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that