sentence; verdict; pronouncement
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to state; to express; to mention
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
temporary employee placement
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
to speak ill of; to disparage
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
calamity; misfortune; disaster
victim; injured party; sufferer
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
button (clothing); push-button
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into