upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
water damage; flood disaster
damage caused by wild animals (e.g. to crops, trees)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
three sides; small offering stand
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
many; much; plenty; hardly
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
clergyman; churchman; clergy
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
cookware; cooking utensil
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to keep secret; to conceal
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned