answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
very young; childish; immature
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
hedge; fence; border; limit
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
prejudice; bias; distorted view
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)