art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
Island; insula; island; islet
temporary; transitory; short-lived
granted that; even if; even though
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
complaint; protest; objection; one's say; what one has to say; claim
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic