crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
(one's) military service record
to be flexible; to be accommodating
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
you; (arch.) your residence
countenance; features; looks
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask of you
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
way (of doing); manner; method
to take responsibility for; to take the blame for
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
to be left lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to be abandoned by one's supporters; to have the rug pulled from under one; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
chief vassal; senior statesman
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
messenger; envoy; emissary
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
offender; criminal; culprit
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous