offender; criminal; culprit
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
stairs; stairway; staircase
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft); witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
burning at the stake; execution by burning
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
something small; something petty; trifle
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
hell on earth; living hell