secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
American Civil War (1861-1865)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
without a holiday; nonstop
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
as a child; when one was a child
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism