contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
reader; (website) visitor
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
starring in one's own play, movie, etc.; directing one's own play, etc.
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
propensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
silence (not speaking); muteness
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
matter of time; question of time
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
calamity; misfortune; disaster
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
murder; killing; murderer
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
to throw oneself (into an activity)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike