declaration; statement; proclamation
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
severe punishment; rigorous measures
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
blood vessel; blood relationship
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
all the officials, both military and civil
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
in respect of; in regards to; as for
looks; personal appearance; features
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
to order; to command; to appoint
to arrest; to capture; to seize
one by one; in detail; minutely
to sit silently at a meeting
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
meanwhile; in the meantime
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
laughingstock; object of ridicule
destruction; annihilation; extermination
of tender years; very young
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
courtesy call; courtesy visit
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
master craftsman; skillful worker
(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
pit of the stomach; solar plexus