shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
you; (arch.) your residence
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person