near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
open; public; official; overt
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
same crime; being equally guilty
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
sword skills; swordsmanship
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
most of all; extremely; supremely
sleeping comfort or snugness
yearned for; longed for; missed
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to shave off; to scrape off
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
one day; (on) a certain day
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
police; police officer; police station
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
living together (with one more person)
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession