high rating; good reputation
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
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)
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
and what is worse; to make matters worse
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
right of succession; right to the throne
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
outside the country; abroad
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to dye; to colour; to color
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken