stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
having ended; being resolved
to visit (someone) in hospital
burned down; entirely destroyed
Son of God; child of an emperor
body; physical system; (the) person
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
remaining silent; keeping secret
protection of human rights
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
retreating figure; appearance from behind
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
standard; set; routine; decided
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
degeneration; retrogression
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
underground organization; underground organisation
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)