losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
rule; reign; peaceful times
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to run through; to run past
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
excessive bleeding; massive bleeding
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
good young man; agreeable youth
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
youth; minor; young people
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
column of water; water column
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition