accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
stay of execution; suspended sentence
capital; funds; seed money; asset
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
to go into the minutest details
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
to bail out (water); to scoop out
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
the original; original copy; script
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
anonymity; using an assumed name
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
good-natured; of good character
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
right-handedness; right-handed person; right-hander
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
elementary; basic; rudimentary
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
gag order; gag rule; gag law
secrecy; highly classified information
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply