heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
present; current; in operation
reform; reformation; reorganization
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
discussion; debate; argument
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
forcibly; by force; against one's will
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
protest; refutation; pleading
identification papers; ID
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
houses and inhabitants; population
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
lifelong; lifetime; for life; life
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
death penalty; capital punishment
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to like; to suit; to be pleased with
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
burning at the stake; execution by burning
usual; normal; stereotyped
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind