standing close together; bristling (with)
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
rational; reasonable; logical
(religious) faith; belief; creed
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
to revere; to respect; to worship
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
everybody; every last one of them; all
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
event; phenomenon; matter
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
chief; main; principal; major
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down