hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
suggestive; pregnant (e.g. pregnant pause)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
together with; same; both; all; including ...
covering; protection; backing; relief
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
guilty verdict; judgment of guilty (judgement)
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
legal; lawful; legitimate
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
bodily injury; personal injury; actual bodily harm; mayhem
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
end of life; death; annihilation
state of mind; mentality; psychology
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
general; overall; across-the-board
function; facility; faculty; feature
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
deviation; departure; omission
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
way; method; means; resource; course
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
consecutive; continuous; successive
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to