main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
right (to do something); authority; power
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
head; brains; intelligence
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
happy-go-lucky person; dreamer; (lit.) intracranial flower garden
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
expulsion; excommunication
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
due form; official; formality