crime; criminal act; offence; offense
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
government; administration; ministry
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
financial panic; economic crisis; economic crash
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to anticipate; to foresee
support; backing; aid; assistance
individual; private person; personal; natural person
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
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)