to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
particularly; only; in the case of
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
acceleration; speeding up
ancient city; former capital
to use (something) as a selling point
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
go-between; intermediary; mediator
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by