pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
innocence; being not guilty
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
in proportion to; just as much as
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to care for someone; to look after someone
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
now that; since; so long as; because
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
villain; baddie; the villain's part
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
end; close; conclusion; termination
to die; to lay down life's burden
slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant
victory or defeat; match; contest; game