to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
preliminary arrangements; spade work
restoration of public order
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
to prove one's innocence; to clear oneself of a false accusation
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
street; quarter; district; area
comparatively; relatively
to face on; to look out on to
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
such; like that; in that way
clergyman; churchman; clergy
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
heedless of danger; braving dangers
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
what action to take; what to do with oneself
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation