astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
material for experiments; experimental material
to make sense; to be meaningful
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
determination; esprit de corps
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
oppression; suppression; pressure
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
still; as yet; as it has been
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to intend; to be sure that
several times; a few times
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
same crime; being equally guilty
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable