rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
great cause; moral law; justice
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
sabotage; subversive activities
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
surface of the earth; ground surface
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to take command; to give direction
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
mineral matter; metallic property
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
unsigned; without a signature
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
heating; application of heat
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to be hot on a person's heels
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to run around; to bustle about