sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
smallish; on the small side
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
youthful; young; young-looking
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
staff member; station employee; official
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
and what is worse; to make matters worse
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
one day; (on) a certain day
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
resolution; vote; decision
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
dark night; moonless night
elopement; running away with a lover
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for