to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
real intention; true motive; true meaning
because of; owing to; due to
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
one's whole heart; everything one feels
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
fraud; cheating; foul play; surely; absolutely; certainly
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
servile submission; subservience
people; citizens; subjects; folk
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
ancestor; forefather; foremother
showing one's face in public; facing another person
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
military force; military strength
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising