support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
shady; underhanded; questionable
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
common people; ordinary people; masses
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
troubled times; turbulent times
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
imprudent (misguided) fellow
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
unqualified; without qualifications